Greetings Economists, On Feb 3, 2006, at 3:51 PM, Raghu wrote: Computer Science perhaps because of its low barriers to entry
Doyle, Low barriers? Ha ha. I'm afraid I don't have quite your perspective. They look pretty high to me. Ha ha. Raghu writes, I'd say "self-hating Frenchman" is a very accurate description. Doyle, Self-hating is just jargon about being inside or outside of a group with some emotion labels thrown in to illustrate how high the barrier being described. Here too I have a different perspective on emotion than you. In science, the rationalist point of view is a great difficulty to overcome. To me that is the heart of what Lewontin' refers to in his essay where science had long not been socially challenged (so-called objectivity). Science had been a safe route out of the working class. The class barriers are no longer so porous. Yoshie writes, It is clear that the normal process of peer reviews may be a good way to catch internal inconsistency, but it is no sure defense against those who massage data or even fabricate them wholesale. Doyle, Yoshie follows through in Lewontin's spirit. thanks, Doyle
