The current policies give unique license to private citizens—academic scientists in universities—to allocate and use public funds as they see fit, so long as it contributes to the interests of science as defined by scientists. This is a license to commercially exploit public resources for private gain. It is...
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Basic Mathematics for the people means more than the ability to calculate. It means the ability to reason quantitatively, the ability to use numbers to clarify issues and to support or refute opinions. Mathematics education for the people must also be mathematics education with the people. It cannot be taught using...
The Freeman/Mead affair is not the first time that the press went for symbols rather than substance in science. Press critics note in coverage of scientific controversies a heavy reliance on official or well-established scientific experts. One study contends, for example, that California reporters missed the story on...
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