Is there any chance you might remember where you read that argument? I'll do some googling; but that can be pretty haphazard.
On 05/17/2016 02:43 PM, Robert Wall wrote: > There was a thought-provoking argument I read somewhere recently about the > federal grants given to scientific research. Given that science research like > with Super-String Theory is and has been arguably bleeding over into > metaphysics, philosophy, or even religion (e.g., Edward Witten), we may need > to amend the US Constitution to include a clause [or intention] for the > separation between science and state. This action would imply that any and > all scientific research would need to stand on its own. This might be > overkill, but the objective is kind of in the wheelhouse for the newly > emerging Center for Open Science <https://cos.io/>--an institution that arose > with the expose of bad science studies in medicine > <http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/308269/> > found in science journals and reported > <https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiM3e3rhuLMAhVX3mMKHZxNBE8QFgguMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.plos.org%2Fplosmedicine%2Farticle%3Fid%3D10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0020124&usg=AFQjCNGnlrRZK18zALFoV13bVKFpywymjg&sig2=erIO_WZ6jK3DgZsqfdLu2w&bvm=bv.122129774,d.cGc> > by Dr. John Ioannidis last decade. -- ⛧ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
