Category Archives: Science

Expertise in Complex Organizations

Posted on December 25, 2023 by Luke Ford

Stephen Turner writes in the 2023 book, The Oxford Handbook of Expertise and Democratic Politics: Science is sometimes thought to be a self – correcting system: replication and the fact that other scientists must rely on the previous and related … Continue reading →

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Where is the future made?

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Luke Ford
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The History Of Lab Leaks & Infectious Disease & the New Temptations of Science (6-25-21)

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Chris Hayes Podcast With Zeynep Tufekci, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=349sWvIpElA 29:00 Marc Shapiro on women spiritual leaders, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7M-JbB4LIk 40:00 Neterui Karta in America, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Ber_Beck 41:40 International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Conference_to_Review_the_Global_Vision_of_the_Holocaust 49:00 Beyond the Academic Ethic by … Continue reading →

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The Changing Temptations Of Science

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Luke Ford

Stephen Turner published in 2020: The idea of science as a spontaneous order produced by autonomous individuals following their best hunches, the core of the liberal theory of science, became less an accurate description than an expression of nostalgic regret. … Continue reading →

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LSU spent nearly $1 million on legal fight over firing of coastal researcher Ivor van Heerden

Posted on June 20, 2021 by Luke Ford

Philosopher Stephen Turner wrote: “A court case after the Katrina disaster gives some indication of the power of the state to coerce consensus. An obscure engineering researcher at Louisiana State University criticized the Army Corps of Engineers, which was responsible … Continue reading →

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