Sentences with phrase «science as a political tool»

«There are a number of folks who use science as a political tool rather than as an evidence - based way to make a decision,» Welsh says.

To give you a taste of what is coming in Part 2, the arguments can be summarized as: 1) Education does not lend itself to a single «best» approach, so the Gates effort to use science to discover best practices is unable to yield much productive fruit; 2) As a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influence.

Not exact matches

Psychology will serve a less exclusive (though still important) role, while social sciences such as economics or political science will become powerful tools of interpretation.

As with most political science models, the Nomination Game is a tool for helping us think, but makes some assumptions that might not play out in the real world.

North Korea is a case in point where science diplomacy may act as a pivotal tool for alleviating political tension and facilitating exchanges.

This is where science is abused as a political tool, rather than appreciated for what it is: a powerful method to describe how our world works.

I have been asked today to speak on how science is often abused as a political tool, rather than appreciated for what it is: a powerful method to describe how our world works.

The present situation is squarely to be blamed on (a) the success of political conservatism in ensuring economic progress, thereby depriving political left of virtually all oxygen in this area (as in, no credible lefty argues for a traditional left position), and (b) the failure of political conservatism in not caring for science and allowing «science» to be completely hijacked by the political left, to be used as a tool and flag - standard.

If we forgive those who deceived us for the past sixty - nine years (2014 — 1945 = 69 yrs), then government science may again be a tool to benefit society as a whole rather than an instrument of our political leaders.

Physicist and educator Dr. James Wanliss speaks on how science is often abused as a political tool, rather than appreciated for what it is: a powerful method to describe how our world works.

Before science articles became political tools the medieval warming period was thought to be as warm, to perhaps a degree warmer than today.

The precautionary principle in this context is as well a purely political / polemical tool, dressed up as science.