Hi folks: If you saw Tyson's tweet yesterday about creating the country of "rationalia" (where "all policy shall be based on the weight of evidence")-- there have been a few interesting responses designed to poke at the problems with his logic, like this one from vox: http://www.vox.com/2016/6/30/12064540/3-questions-for-neil-degrasse-tyson
What I'm hoping exists -- perhaps as a response, or better yet as an already existing standalone piece -- is something that clearly articulates the "science can't decide policy, because policy involves making actual choices among multiple things we value and there's no "scientifically right" way to do that." I've tried a few different readings in my undergrad course to get at that point, but none has been successful at communicating it to my students (or my ES colleagues!). Does anyone have a reading to suggest? Beth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
