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Andrew Sullivan doesn’t speak for research

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Praj / 0 Comment

During my blogging hiatus, Andrew Sullivan waded into the race and IQ debate yet again. While throwing his usual tantrum on the issue (ably refuted by here, her...

Basic Research/Public Discourse/Public Voice of Science

The case for modesty

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Praj / 0 Comment

The current issue of the Atlantic has a fantastic profile of Greek physician John Ioannidis, author of the most downloaded paper in the history of  PLoS Medicin...

Climate Change/Communication/Expertise/Public Voice of Science

Scientists, pilots and doctors

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Praj / 0 Comment

ClimateScienceWatch has an interview with Steve Schneider, one of the authors on the PNAS paper we just discussed (h/t Joe Romm).  I recommend the entire interv...

Public Voice of Science/Society

The myth of scientific exceptionalism

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Praj / 4 Comments

Over the past year or so the paleoconservative blogger Daniel Larison has taken aim at American exceptionalism, a term he finds sloppy and poorly defined (see h...

Education/Public Voice of Science/Society

No evidence for scientific thinking

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Praj / 7 Comments

This Eugene Robinson column garnered some attention on my Facebook wall.  Here’s the offending passage: We can all applaud Chu’s accomplishment. But here’...

Climate Change/Public Voice of Science

Kitcher on global warming

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Praj / 4 Comments

Philosopher Philip Kitcher just reviewed several books on climate change in Science magazine.  I meant to get to this earlier, but Ben Hale got there first and ...

Climate Change/Public Voice of Science/Science and Sports

A brief clarification

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Praj / 0 Comment

I realize now that my last post sloppily blends two distinct points.  I noted first that insisting on “the” rightful place of science is analogous t...

Public Voice of Science/Science and Sports

The importance of watching game film

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Praj / 2 Comments

For the second time in a row I’ll simply restate what I’ve said in an earlier post.  While some will take this as an impressive lack of originality,...

Public Voice of Science

The vocabulary of public discourse, part II

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Praj / 4 Comments

Several months ago I suggested we need a new vocabulary to discuss science.  From my post: We need an intellectual framework which articulates there are instanc...

Education/Public Voice of Science/Race

Do scientists unintentially screw over black people (part II)?

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Praj / 2 Comments

On Wednesday I went to a panel on science education at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  It was a fascinating exchange.  To highlight ju...

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