To add to that, there seems to be a large institutional push for business and political funded mercenary scientific research to create uncertainty about legitimate science. A comment on David Michaels' in book "Doubt is their product" is in the 9/27 Science News sums it up. It's 1100 references and other resources are on the SKPP website www.defendingscience.org. I also got a note from regarding the equally suspicious bloging of 'peer reviewed' papers reported on in The Economist "User-generated science" Sep 18th 2008 print edition on Web 2.0 tools for it as a new horizon for of speedy (and maybe thoughtless) research.
Phil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Marcus G. Daniels > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 1:50 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Willfull Ignorance - Satisfies NickCriteria E > > Steve Smith wrote: > > The point of my talk of ignorance (willful and otherwise) is that to > > the extent we are complicit in our own problems, we *do* have the > > ability to retrieve some of our power from those we have given it to > > out of our own *willful ignorance*. > Good rant. :-) > > I''ll only add that power is not claimed by not being snowed by the > misrepresentations of those having power. It's also necessary to > organize resources to influence those in power. Folks like Sarah Palin > recognize that information is a weapon (e.g. see her recent incredible > remarks about Bill Ayers), but don't otherwise need to be limited by > whether information is true in context. Similarly corporate lobbyists > are effective at influencing government, but that too is about action > first and truth second. > > Marcus > -- > "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight > in the dog." -- Mark Twain > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
