Comments on: Obama’s Scientific Integrity Memo http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5040 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: cspawn » Blog Archive » Your Research and the Transition http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5040&cpage=1#comment-13147 cspawn » Blog Archive » Your Research and the Transition Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:57:23 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5040#comment-13147 [...] get started, I’ll point to some stuff I wrote earlier this month for the Prometheus blog (here and here) on the general relationship between science and politics under the Obama Administration. [...] [...] get started, I’ll point to some stuff I wrote earlier this month for the Prometheus blog (here and here) on the general relationship between science and politics under the Obama Administration. [...]

]]> By: docpine http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5040&cpage=1#comment-12842 docpine Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:36:00 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5040#comment-12842 I am glad Ryan covered it. Thanks, Ryan! I am glad Ryan covered it. Thanks, Ryan!

]]> By: David Bruggeman http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5040&cpage=1#comment-12841 David Bruggeman Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:30:07 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5040#comment-12841 Lots of people are under the impression Roger writes everything here, rather than just the lion's share of everything here. Lots of people are under the impression Roger writes everything here, rather than just the lion’s share of everything here.

]]> By: Roger Pielke, Jr. http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5040&cpage=1#comment-12840 Roger Pielke, Jr. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:50:47 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5040#comment-12840 docpine, This post was from Ryan ;-) docpine, This post was from Ryan ;-)

]]> By: docpine http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5040&cpage=1#comment-12839 docpine Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:46:13 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5040#comment-12839 Thanks for the post, Roger. I assumed from the press coverage that the memo was a wee bit silly "we will now use science directly to make policy", but I can see that the memo, at least the part you cited, is quite sensible. But while I was thinking about the press coverage, I was doing a thought experiment.. if we are going to run the government based on science, perhaps we should select government leaders based on science? We could develop new scientific fields and thereby employ more people and help with our economic situation. For example, one field might be called "duxology" from the Latin for leader, which would study what makes good leaders and develop and test different criteria using historical data and model projections, have meetings and conferences, departments at universities, grants from NSF, journals, etc. Of course, then we wouldn't need political conventions, advertising, voting machines, nor chads, hanging or otherwise...hmm. maybe that's not so bad... Thanks for the post, Roger. I assumed from the press coverage that the memo was a wee bit silly “we will now use science directly to make policy”, but I can see that the memo, at least the part you cited, is quite sensible.

But while I was thinking about the press coverage, I was doing a thought experiment.. if we are going to run the government based on science, perhaps we should select government leaders based on science? We could develop new scientific fields and thereby employ more people and help with our economic situation. For example, one field might be called “duxology” from the Latin for leader, which would study what makes good leaders and develop and test different criteria using historical data and model projections, have meetings and conferences, departments at universities, grants from NSF, journals, etc. Of course, then we wouldn’t need political conventions, advertising, voting machines, nor chads, hanging or otherwise…hmm. maybe that’s not so bad…

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