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Month: October 2011

Academia

Data-sharing and open-access

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Praj / 0 Comment

Michael Nielsen suggests greater use of data-sharing and open-access as the path forward: Why don’t scientists share? If you’re a scientist applying...

Public Discourse

Scientific exceptionalism part 2

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Praj / 0 Comment

Over at Front Porch Republic, Mark Mitchell cautions us against reckless displays of patriotism. Here’s my whimsical recasting of his introduction: If you...

Book Reviews

Neurotrash

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Praj / 0 Comment

Mark Signorelli reviews Raymond Tallis’s Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity: Considerable portions of Aping Manki...

Communication/Literacy/Society/Special Interest/STS

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...

Literacy

The rationality of ignorance

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Praj / 0 Comment

Jonathan Bernstein’s analysis on the rationality of ignorance should be heeded by those who rail on poor science literacy: Anyway, it’s worth noting...

Academia

The academy as a political entity

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Praj / 2 Comments

I almost titled this post “Wherein I admit to being a hypocrite” because of this passage in my last post: Going forward, I hope we can finally follo...

Academia/Politicization

Political action and the miseducation of scientists

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Praj / 1 Comment

From David Roberts: You’ll be shocked to hear that Socolow, who spends his life in a world of ideas and explanations, concludes that the answer is better ...

Academia

Your research in perspective

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Praj / 2 Comments

A dated but still wonderful slideshow from Matt Might that should help you keep some perspective:

Climate Change/Policy

Accepting climate science vs. climate policy

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Praj / 5 Comments

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...

Climate Change/Politicization

Anti-science vs. epistemic closure in climate science denial

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Praj / 4 Comments

I’ve finally decided I can’t claim to write about science and politics without actually writing about science and politics. People want to make gene...

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