Aadisht Khanna [13/12/11 15:23 +0530]:
This is an astonishing shifting of goalposts by Utsa Patnaik. Especially astonishing because it contradicts her previous work.
bad statistics, even worse logic and ad hominem taking the place of research? surely not :)
[1] The contempt for empirical evidence seems to be a prominent feature in the Patnaik household. Her husband once complained that people criticising the CPM's misgovernance in West Bengal were resorting to crass empiricism. http://in.news.yahoo.com/blogs/opinions/crass-empiricism-102812052.html
as opposed to crass sophistry? ;)
