Reminder: we're having another video chat tomorrow night (7/13 9pm EDT). Feel free to join even if you couldn't come last time. We're in week 5 of discussing The War on Science and I have a confession/apology. I'm reading the book electronically and the table of contents has no page numbers, so I didn't realize this week's chapters were significantly longer than the others (Ch 1-2, Ch 3-4, Ch 5-6, Ch 7-8); Chapter 10 alone is nearly a quarter of the main content. In hindsight, it feels as though Otto primarily wanted … [Read more...] about Science Book Club: The War on Science Ch 9-10
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Science Book Club: The War on Science Ch 7-8
Thanks to everyone who attended the video chat last week. It went so well, we'll be doing it again next week (7/13 9pm EDT). Feel free to join even if you couldn't come last week. And I'd particularly love to hear from philosophers and other humanities scholars who can comment on the postmodernism discussion. Welcome to week 4 of discussing The War on Science. If you're just joining, feel free to dive in or catch up with the previous chapters (Ch 1-2, Ch 3-4, Ch 5-6). Chapter 7 is ostensibly the conclusion of the … [Read more...] about Science Book Club: The War on Science Ch 7-8
Science Book Club: The War on Science Ch 5-6
Announcement: We'll be having a Google chat at 9pm EDT tomorrow (Thu 6/29); please consider joining! (Chat link) We're on week 3 of discussing The War on Science. If you're just joining, feel free to dive in or catch up with the previous chapters (Ch 1-2, Ch 3-4). Author Shawn Otto continues his summary of United States history contributing to the present dynamics of public science discourse. Chapters 5 and 6 cover World War II to the present, right up to tweets from pre-candidacy Donald Trump, with particular … [Read more...] about Science Book Club: The War on Science Ch 5-6
Science Book Club: The War on Science Ch 3-4
Let's try a Google hangout to chat about the book in person. Use this link to indicate your availability. Welcome (back) to our ongoing discussion of The War on Science. Last week we looked at chapters 1 and 2 which basically introduce Shawn Otto's thesis about the relationship of science and democracy and its current state. That material already spurred several lines of discussion, including the role of interpretation in understanding observations which will be relevant this week as well. This week's chapters … [Read more...] about Science Book Club: The War on Science Ch 3-4
Science Book Club: The War on Science Ch 1-2
Welcome to our first blog book discussion. As announced last week, we are reading through Shawn Otto's The War on Science together and discussing a couple of chapters at a time as we go. I'll start by sharing a few of my thoughts, organized by topic, and then it's your turn. You can respond to my comments or introduce new threads of discussion, whatever is on your mind. So let's get started! … [Read more...] about Science Book Club: The War on Science Ch 1-2