Roger Pielke’s post led me to reading a number of Brad Allenby’s columns. I agree with Roger that this one is brilliant. I think you’ll also enjoy reading the comments to Roger’s post – interesting argumentation on science policy by doers.
Brad Allenby, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at of Arizona State University, where he holds an affiliation at CSPO, has a brilliant essay online at GreenBiz titled “Nightmare Science.” Every scientist should read it closely. Here is an excerpt:
We have, as scientists, established the validity of science through adoption of a process that institutionalizes observation, and thus grants us privileged access to truth, at least within the domains of physical reality. In doing so, we have destroyed authority as the source of privileged knowledge — and, concomitantly, assumed much of the power that used to reside in the old elite (e.g., the Church).
If you found Allenby of interest, you can go here to find an index of previous columns.
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