Thinking differently, acting alike
The goal of politics is not to get people to think alike. The goal of politics is to get people who think differently to act alike – Walter Lippmann IR...
The goal of politics is not to get people to think alike. The goal of politics is to get people who think differently to act alike – Walter Lippmann IR...
I’m sure that Matt Yglesias has forgotten more economics in the past hour than I will ever know. And yet, he believes that “if spending on military ...
Several liberal bloggers protested the Times suggestion that cutting the Defense budget will reduce innovation. While some of their points are well-taken (the D...
To continue musing why some people don’t’ accept climate science, I wonder if part of the blame lies with those of us who want legislative action. We̵...
I’ll respond yet again to Paul Newall at the Galilean Library. Paul asks: “What, then, is the difference between someone who seizes on doubts to d...
Let me toss in a few thoughts on a debate that has been beaten to death, most famously during the science wars in the mid-1990’s. Do scientific judgments...
Beryl Benderly’s recent piece about the alleged overproduction is getting some attention. She’s blogged about this before, and Nature also ran some...
Sorry for the light posting recently. I’ve been at the AAAS Annual Meeting. It was easily the best conference I’ve every been to. It was great to...
My recent post on science and race should have had some caveats on the utility of cost-benefit analysis (CBA). I’ll be the first to admit that it can be ...
In the dozens of science policy talks I’ve attended over the years (yes I know my life is interesting), I’ve noticed two very mixed messages that co...