The lead editorial in The New York Times, Death at the Hands of Science (July 30, 2001) concentrates on a small but important part of a profound problem in ...
Albert Henderson
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Aug 1, 2001 12:29 pm
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Alan and others: As mentioned before on this list, I have written an essay on this very issue titled "The Strawman of Race." I make the point that this attack...
Jon Entine
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Aug 1, 2001 5:57 pm
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Dear colleagues, I am always amazed about these biologists making all kinds of socio-cultural claims. It is off-track since it is not their legitimate domain. ...
Loet Leydesdorff
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Aug 1, 2001 7:58 pm
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... I can't help remarking that the most promising general theory of the diffusion and evolution of cultural themata--such as "human rights"--is the "meme"...
Norman Levitt
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Aug 1, 2001 9:36 pm
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Loet, Is it not equally amazing on such a thread to make such a comment as you are making. Surely the problem here might be framed as stepping out of boundry -...
Leif Edward Ottesen K...
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Aug 1, 2001 11:39 pm
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Dear Leif, In my opinion, the issue is also to specify the differences among the various domains. For example, a biologist may appreciate a chemical ...
Loet Leydesdorff
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Aug 2, 2001 8:23 am
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... An interesting and characteristic ploy, here!! It illustrates the kind of turf-protection that has become part of the game (and not the least cynical part)...
Norman Levitt
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Aug 2, 2001 2:06 pm
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... I am not sure that I completely understand this thread. As Levitt points out "meme" was coined by a biologist. Regardless of my formal training in a...
tom abeles
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Aug 2, 2001 4:34 pm
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... I wish to deny, for the record, that I claim to be "a sharper thinker than Dawkins of Wilson". I am just making the point that a reductionist program is...
Loet Leydesdorff
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Aug 2, 2001 4:35 pm
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Yes, Tom, of course, one can freely import from and think in other frameworks than the ones in which one is educated. The question is one of quality control of...
Loet Leydesdorff
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Aug 2, 2001 4:54 pm
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Loet, Two points: a) It is sociological empirical work that you are asking for, is it? You want to see some facts - whether they be qualitative or quantitative...
Leif Edward Ottesen K...
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Aug 2, 2001 6:32 pm
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I am beggining to lose interest in this thread which has become a vain dispute where conventional boundaries of disciplines is being confused with individual...
Fernando D.A. Pires
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Aug 2, 2001 6:51 pm
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Yes, empirical work is fine; theorizing is also. Ideally, we should be able to use theorizing for relating simulation studies with empirical work, in my...
Loet Leydesdorff
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Aug 2, 2001 6:51 pm
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Does the article imply that longevity has leveled out as well as birth rate? Are there implications for global medicine/health care and priorities for...
Stephen Miles Sacks, ...
Editor@...
Aug 2, 2001 7:09 pm
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FROM NEW SCIENTIST WEEKLY NEWSLETTER No 96, 4 August 2001 Meet the people shaping the future of science Strike back at the Empire Photo: Nick Cardillichio Just...
Stephen Miles Sacks, ...
Editor@...
Aug 2, 2001 7:19 pm
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From The New Scientist Did Viking missions see life on Mars? 15:50 30 July 01 Greg Miller A claim that NASA overlooked evidence of life on Mars in data...
Stephen Miles Sacks, ...
Editor@...
Aug 2, 2001 7:31 pm
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I would like to pursue Loet's thinking a little more, given his concern about the intellectual leakage across disciplines and between public intellectuals, or...
tom abeles
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Aug 2, 2001 8:22 pm
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Don't forget that game theory, which became so influential in evolutionary psychology and biology, originated in economics and social science. All the examples...
Fredric Weizmann
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Aug 2, 2001 8:30 pm
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Thoughts please, concerning the following hypothesis relating to the current issue on Scipolicy-L of the relevance of biological science for sociological ...
Zaman Frederick L Civ...
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Aug 2, 2001 9:11 pm
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Try the following. Lots of laughs. http://www.theonion.com/onion3726/bush_finds_error.html _________________________________________________________________ ...
Norman Levitt
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Aug 2, 2001 9:30 pm
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Dear Fredric, Sometimes in discussion of this sort I get the feeling that some sentences might become extremely long and complicated as one attempts to show...
Leif Edward Ottesen K...
leiedoke@...
Aug 2, 2001 9:35 pm
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... This is a tad misleading, to say the least. Game Theory was invented by Oskar Morgenstern and John von Neumann (The Theory of Games and Economic ...
Norman Levitt
njlevitt@...
Aug 2, 2001 10:30 pm
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... Quality control of the discourse indeed. Indeed! Believe it or not, my primary concern is for the danger posed by LL &c to Dave Guston and people like...
Norman Levitt
njlevitt@...
Aug 2, 2001 11:17 pm
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Could be one of those innocuous announcements that really a milestone . . . From AHA NEWS NOW The Daily Report for Health Care Executives www.ahanews.com ...
Stephen Miles Sacks, ...
Editor@...
Aug 3, 2001 1:15 am
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Why misleading? As you indicate, Neumann was a mathematical genius who contributed to a number of fields and mathematics itself contributed to a number of...
weizmann
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Aug 3, 2001 2:19 am
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... "Game theory" (published in 1928, by the way) was no more "social science" than analysis of Bridge, Chess, or Go are "social science". Morgenstern was way...
Norman Levitt
njlevitt@...
Aug 3, 2001 3:09 am
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Dear Tom and colleagues, Indeed, we have a society very different from the Middle Ages. What has changed in the relation between the lay public and the ...
Loet Leydesdorff
l.leydesdorff@...
Aug 3, 2001 7:13 am
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... Indeed, "science studies" has fallen apart in three, more or less distinct literatures. In a scientometric study of S&T studies (Loet Leydesdorff and Peter...
Loet Leydesdorff
l.leydesdorff@...
Aug 3, 2001 7:35 am
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FROM SCIENCE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO POLITICAL ECONOMICS AND FREEDOM TO THINK (Please annotate thread sib-title) LL writes <<The economy is another function...
Stephen Miles Sacks, ...
Editor@...
Aug 3, 2001 12:59 pm
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Dear Stephen, Most authors (e.g., Noble, Braverman) assume that "the wedding of the sciences with the useful arts" occurred during the scientific-technical ...
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