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How Can I Judge Good Science? |
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Written by Staff
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 |
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It seems that weekly, if not daily, Americans
are faced with new alleged hazards to their health and environment.
Well-meaning
scientists, with impressive credentials, provide “scientific conclusions” that
prove, beyond the shadow of a doubt, ostensibly valid, but polar opposite
conclusions on the risks of these threats. How can scientists, doctors, and a
plethora of “experts” come up with contradictory results with what appears to
be the same facts? How is this even possible in an enlightened society and how,
pray tell, does a policy-maker sort through this conflicting evidence to bring
forth proper judgements?
Full
document can be found here, from the Annapolis Center.
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