Comments on: Some UK Researchers Required to Demonstrate Research Impact http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4900 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: mitchell http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4900&cpage=1#comment-11661 mitchell Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:41:23 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4900#comment-11661 Isn't it rather up to those who use research findings to justify and implement policies to evaluate the impact of the policies, not the sience, i.e. governments? What if two independent studies come to opposite conclusions? What if the study doesn't provide any policy recommendations? Science should be entirely free of policy considerations. Period. Isn’t it rather up to those who use research findings to justify and implement policies to evaluate the impact of the policies, not the sience, i.e. governments? What if two independent studies come to opposite conclusions? What if the study doesn’t provide any policy recommendations?
Science should be entirely free of policy considerations. Period.

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