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Nihil

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4. It's not "science" that needs to change (fast) in order to address the world's challenges ...

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 09:23 AM

Mar 2015

... it is the fantasy pushers in "politics" and "economics" - both of which need to rejoin
the real world rather than constantly shoring up their sandcastles with ever more derivative
(thus fragile & unreal) projections & "policies".

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World�s challenges demand science changes � and fast [View all] OKIsItJustMe Feb 2015 OP

yes. so many of us end up fighting battles we thought were won. mopinko Feb 2015 #1

All scientists must become activists dumbcat Feb 2015 #2

That may be what you�re reading OKIsItJustMe Mar 2015 #3

It's the title and sub-title that give the impression scientists have to change muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #6

It's not "science" that needs to change (fast) in order to address the world's challenges ... Nihil Mar 2015 #4

Some bits from the Science article caraher Mar 2015 #5