Ars Technica blog: 'Political science: why rejecting expertise has become a campaign strategy (and why it scares me)'

[Glen Newton]

Ars Technica blog: Political science: why rejecting expertise has
become a campaign strategy (and why it scares me)
 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/why-we-care-what-politicians-think-about-science.ars

While this article is focused on the U.S., it is clear that this is
also a problem in this country.
And not just campaigning: ruling too.

Glen Newton


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[Glen Newton]

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Dave Cramer <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Well before we point too many fingers, one might want to review the
> cern experiment which suggests that greenhouse gases are *not* the
> primary cause of global warming.

Please: https://www.xkcd.com/285/

> Not saying that politicians should
> not listen to science, but in their defence who's science should they
> listen to ?
>
> Dave
>
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Glen Newton <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Ars Technica blog: Political science: why rejecting expertise has
>> become a campaign strategy (and why it scares me)
>>  http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/why-we-care-what-politicians-think-about-science.ars
>>
>> While this article is focused on the U.S., it is clear that this is
>> also a problem in this country.
>> And not just campaigning: ruling too.
>>
>> Glen Newton
>>
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