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Science and democracy have always been twins.

A simple statement with a magnitude of implications.  From an essay in today’s NYT by Dennis Overby: It is no coincidence that these are the same qualities that make for democracy and that they arose as a collective behavior about … Continue reading

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Information Asymmetry – the Disease

Or more of what you don’t know will hurt you. Seems we will have even less science journalism: CNN is eliminating its seven-person unit covering science, the environment, and technology, saying its “Planet in Peril” programs do the trick. Curtis … Continue reading

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