Topic
Scientific Literacy
4 published works
Mike McBride Online
Over-Simplistic Scientific Intelligence
By Mike McBride
And this really brings me back to my point, that we do a poor job of truly understanding science, statistics and cause and effect. We believe that algorithms have all…
Media Law Prof Blog
Illustrious Panel Hears BCA v. Simon Singh
First reports on the Simon Singh libel case are trickling in. The Lord Chief Justice pronounced himself "baffled" that if the British Chiropractic Association has evidence that chiropractic works the…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
State Judges going back to school for science
Last week in the Trenton Times, I read an interesting article regarding some of our state judges going "Back to school" to learn science in order to assist them in…
The Right Coast
The Moral Costs of Scientific IgnoranceMike Rappaport
Steven Pinker channels Karl Popper and C.P. Snow: The costs of an ignorance of science are not just practical ones likemisbegotten policies, forgone cures and a unilateral disarmament innational competitiveness.…