I would add that scientists (and science journalists) would do well to review the talk given by Thomas Lessl of the University of Georgia at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, on
the limited role of science, even if communicated clearly, in shaping policy and human choices.
In the story, the president's science adviser was quite frank about
the limited role of science in the policy realm:
«He'd reflect on the whole of things,» Dr. Swimme said, including the important but
limited role of science.
Not exact matches
The Harper government has dismantled one
of the world's top aquatic and fishery libraries as part
of its agenda to reduce government as well as
limit the
role of environmental
science in policy decision - making.
The sky's the
limit, but games,
science experiments, construction toys, crafts, word play and imaginative
role play are just a few
of the activities that will challenge their brains while generating some laughs.
One - time phosphate fertilizer application to grassland columns modifies the soil microbiota and
limits its
role in ecosystem services — Israel Ikoyi,
Science of The Total Environment
Our understanding
of the diversity and
roles of these microbiomes is
limited, a fact that led the White House Office
of Science and Technology Policy to launch the National Microbiome Initiative last year.
As
science teacher educators, we wrestled with the
role of technology use in our elementary
science methods course when our own College
of Education purchased a
limited number
of iPads for use by faculty.
The response piece, «
Role of Scientists» Warning in shifting policy from growth to conservation economy,» includes two key areas for action in policy and
science, from introducing a Nobel Prize in Economics for incorporating the
limits of the biosphere to introducing a global price on carbon.
In this
limited view
of the future, the
role that is cast for
science is as an external force, above politics, and above the petty aspirations, interests and needs
of mere humans, which tells us how we ought to live.
At the same time,
science increasingly points to the dangers
of climate change and various mitigation plans continue to emphasise the critical
role of CCS to
limit temperature increase.