Re: the meaning of Macron (short answer: Tocqueville in France)

2017-04-25 Thread Dante-Gabryell Monson
Emmanuel Macron can also be understood as a ( status-quo ? ) Neo-Liberal public relations guy, ex-Rothschild investment banker, creating a new packaging for the same neo-liberal politicians. Let's see, if and when he gets elected, whom he brings into his government. On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:1

Re: Why I won't support the March for Science

2017-04-25 Thread carlo von lynX
I'll try a deconstruction from the perspective of having "designed" a leaderless political organization... On 04/23/2017 06:54 PM, Florian Cramer wrote: > 1) The central demand of the 'March for Science', "evidence-based > policies and regulations", is toxic and dangerous. This approach has cert

Re: Why I won't support the March for Science

2017-04-25 Thread Brian Holmes
On 04/25/2017 04:34 AM, Eric Kluitenberg wrote: ... the proliferation of automated citation indexes, research and performance metrics, persisting science publishing oligopolies, a general war on non-quantiative approaches, a general distrust towards the Humanities and even the social sciences (a

Re: Why I won't support the March for Science

2017-04-25 Thread Florian Cramer
On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Lunenfeld, Peter B. wrote: > or as little sense as anything else. If you feel there remains a > difference, then writing off the M4S comes off as pointlessly fractious > at best, and ally-denigrating, wheel-churning self-destruction at worst. Just to be clear: I

Re: Why I won't support the March for Science

2017-04-25 Thread Eric Kluitenberg
Fascinating discussion - this point of Bian seems crucial: > On 25 Apr 2017, at 05:38, Brian Holmes wrote: > > Times change and those who cling to outdated critiques become irrelevant > if not reactionary. One of the most urgent agendas of the present is the > transformation of the scientific

Re: The meaning of Macron (short answer: none)

2017-04-25 Thread sebastian
When I was reading your conversation, I couldn't help but in my mind begin to substitute the political parties with football clubs, and their managers for the candidates. Is Real still alive, now that Barca has taken a beating? Did we all underestimate Juventus? Will Chelsea trash Arsenal? Are we g