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Mixed feelings about science literacy outreach, part 2

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Praj / 1 Comment

As much as it annoys me, I can’t bring myself to complain too much about Marcelo Gleiser’s short essay: This shaping of our worldview is not restric...

Communication/STS

Affirming values and convincing scientists

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Praj / 0 Comment

If the implication, the outcome, can affirm your values, you think about it in a much more open-minded way–Dan Kahan (~3-minute mark) While Kahan was addr...

STS

Science changes in response to economic pressures

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Praj / 2 Comments

To finally talk about something other than basic and applied research (although I’ll shortly return to the topic!), I strongly recommend this interview wi...

Society/STS

The fallacy of attribution

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Praj / 5 Comments

I think, on some level, when we marvel at how the world has become more egalitarian, we think about King and Lincoln. But do we think about that changes relatio...

Philosophy/Society/STS

The social relevance of history and philosophy of science

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Praj / 6 Comments

Over at The Bubble Chamber, they’re having a spirited discussion on the (possible!) social relevance of history and philosophy of science.  I’ve sup...

Communication/Literacy/STS

How to think about science

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Praj / 1 Comment

Via Matt Nesbit (in a post I’ll also try to comment on in my 3-day blogging rampage), I’d like to draw your attention to a wonderful series “H...

Basic Research/Public Discourse/Society/STS

The virtue of mundane arguments*

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Praj / 3 Comments

Let me expand on an idea I started a couple posts ago, namely that the mundane is always sacrificed for the sexy.  Put another way, all discussions about scienc...

Basic Research/Public Discourse/Society/Special Interest/STS/Values

Against hypocrisy

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Praj / 8 Comments

A couple months ago I was a bit too glib in some of my writing on basic research.  From my comment on Ryan’s blog: I think it’s perfectly understandable a...

Communication/Philosophy/STS

Scientists and philosophers should hang out more

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Praj / 1 Comment

I’ve just started reading The Disunity of Science.  It’s pretty dense so far, and I probably won’t get through the all the essays.  But this, ...

Politicization/STS

A mild defense of Chris Mooney’s war on science

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Praj / 7 Comments

David Bruggeman recently attacked Chris Mooney yet again for promoting the war on science meme:  the concept is meaningless, incoherent, oversimplified, etc.  D...

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