[silk] Building a better world

2018-02-21 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
I wanted to fork the thread "War on Science" to deal with the more interesting discussion to me - Why isn't fairness, honesty and all the wholesome qualities of being human so often absent in politicians, scientists, business leaders and other guardians of society? Of course humans have always

Re: [silk] War on Science?

2018-02-21 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Feb 21, 2018 6:24 PM, "Biju Chacko" wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > > > > Paying respect to science is good form, but doesn't always mean it's an > > indication of quality. Neither is questioning science

Re: [silk] War on Science?

2018-02-21 Thread Biju Chacko
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > > Paying respect to science is good form, but doesn't always mean it's an > indication of quality. Neither is questioning science inherently a bad > idea. Erm, there's a hell of a difference between questioning

Re: [silk] ‘Kind’ technology?

2018-02-21 Thread Thejaswi Udupa
My column this week was triggered, so to say, by this thread. http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/upstart-rewarded-responsibility-international-technology/article22797716.ece

Re: [silk] War on Science?

2018-02-21 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Feb 21, 2018 9:17 AM, wrote: https://www.facebook.com/lynn.wheeler/posts/10214578899241825 (which points to http://www.atimes.com/indias-war-science/) Please join the discussion and add comments if you know more about this? I don't use Facebook, I'm even