Sports as a pedagogical tool
Roger Pielke Jr. has a post on using sports to examine “questions related to decision making, ethics, politics, prediction and more.” To that list ...
Category: Science and Sports
A brief clarification
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...
The importance of watching game film
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,...
Clarification on scientific literacy and reading comprehension
Over at the Galilean Library, they’ve been having a good discussion about my recent post on the similarities between scientific literacy and reading compr...
Is scientific thinking like reading comprehension?
E.D. Hirsch recently wrote a great review of Diane Ravitch’s last book on education reform.* In his review, Hirsch discussed some of his more controversia...
Who can comment on global warming?
Paul Newall of the Galilean Library has a great comment on doubt and disunity in science. He raises a particularly interesting point on expertise: If everyone ...
The institutional arrogance of science
Let me expand on something I wrote in my last post: There’s something about scientists’ training that makes us believe we’re all qualified to speak for “science...
The vocabulary of public discourse
My last post discusses the possible harm of automatically placing science at the forefront of decision-making. In some cases it’s simply not true that a ...
Indefinite articles need not apply
Continuing yet again with the science and teamwork idea, it’s interesting to observe that scientists rarely use the indefinite article a when talking abou...
Passing out of the triple-team
Let’s continue with the science-as-part-of-a-team meme and see how scientists neglect it to our detriment. Consider anthropogenic global warming (AGW). ...