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Month: February 2011

Climate Change/Communication

Blog dump

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Praj / 0 Comment

Pretty busy this week with some applications, so I’ll leave you with a few links: Why we still pay for academic journals even though everything is now onl...

About this Blog

Small, slow changes in the works

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Praj / 5 Comments

It’s been just over a year since I started blogging, and as my readers know I traverse an eclectic mix of topics. I’ve blogged about climate change,...

Public Discourse/Regulatory Science/Society/Values

Obama is a politician, not a philosopher

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Praj / 2 Comments

I’m glad to see Ryan Myer blogging again after a long break. His recent post does a typically good job dissecting the Obama administration’s ratchet...

Expertise/Intelligent Design

Diversity in science and creationism in schools

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Praj / 0 Comment

I’m busy this week preparing for the AAAS Annual Meeting and specifically this panel. I convened this panel to try spark a debate on how we should think a...

Basic Research/Economics

Discovery is not a synonym for innovation

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Praj / 0 Comment

My last post discussed Lehrer’s column on the increased difficulty of making scientific discoveries. Lehrer should have stuck with that topic alone instea...

Basic Research/Economics

The slowdown of meaningful discovery

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Praj / 1 Comment

Jonah Lehrer has again written a provacative piece, arguing that growing collaboration and teamwork among scientists is a response to “all the low-hanging...

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...

Academia/Basic Research

Is academia even supposed to be useful?

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Praj / 5 Comments

If you’re wondering why I keep harping on basic research, it’s because I want to write an essay on the topic and I’m using this venue to hash ...

Academia/Basic Research

Maybe politicians and policymakers are smarter than scientists

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Praj / 4 Comments

To continue with the basic research meme, here’s Lewis Branscomb distinguishing the goals of research with how it’s conducted (emphasis added): I be...

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