Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2

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Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2
From: raghu <mraghu01@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 17:20:04 -0700
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On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> it wasn't the "ultimate arbiter" during the late Dubya regime.
> Instead, the arbiter was "what will help my cronies and help create
> permanent GOP rule?" Is that the kind of thing you prefer to science
> being in charge? I doubt it.
>


Actually far from repudiating science, the Bush years provide an
excellent example of Tyranny of Science at work.

It is under Bush that we saw such monstrosities as the high-tech
military doctrine of Rumsfeld, creationism, test-scores based
education reform (No Child Left Behind) etc. All of which have
scientific pretensions and are based on the hubris that logical
(usually reductionist) reasoning based on hard, cold facts can provide
simple one-size-fits-all answers to such things as what is the best
way to run schools, wage war etc.
-raghu.


--
My fallacies are more logical than your fallacies.
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- Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2, (continued)
  - Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2, ravi Fri 08 May 2009, 19:49 GMT
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      Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2, raghu Fri 08 May 2009, 23:47 GMT
      
      Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2, Louis Proyect Fri 08 May 2009, 23:58 GMT
      
      Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2, raghu Sat 09 May 2009, 02:27 GMT
      
      Re: [Pen-l] Jared Diamond and the New Yorker, part 2, Shane Mage Sat 09 May 2009, 03:18 GMT
      
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