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 20:02:40 -0700
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On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That was the tyranny of stupid science. The Bush admin ignored actual
> scientific evidence on things like climate change and teen pregnancy.
>



I don't disagree. It is just that it is not that easy to distinguish
stupid science from the sensible kind. So an excessive worship of
science ends up giving credibility to various kinds of
pseudo-sciences.
-raghu.


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