Chuck Spinney: Is Climate Science Like the Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex (III)?

As I have indicated in earlier blasters, I find the parallels between the political forces corrupting defense “science” and climate “science” to be stunning (e.g., directly here or more subtly here). Attached is a very thoughtful piece by the distinguished Australian scientist Garth Paltridge.  His subject is the psychological state of play in the politicization of climate science, …

Chuck Spinney: Open Science or Corrupt Science?

Add to this idea a more open “peer review” process in place of the present obscure, back-scratching, club-based peer review process, and climate science might be well on its way to depoliticization. Open access will be crucial to maintain public confidence in science Making research papers freely available is about much more than breaking the …

Sepp Hasslberger: Scientists, Citizens, & Real-Time Pervasive Science

Scientists and citizens Sam Geall February 24, 2012 Could a new wave of networked, amateur scientific endeavour speed the discovery of solutions to pressing environmental problems? Sam Geall reports. What connects a group of Bayaka pygmy hunters in the Congo Basin, opposed to illegal loggers encroaching on their land; residents of Deptford, in south London, …

Reference: Ken Bausch on Third Phase Science and Dialogic Design Science

FREE BLEEDING EDGE THINKING  —  ADVANCES IN ACHIEVING INTELLIGENCE WITH INTEGRITY Memorable Short-Cut:  http://tinyurl.com/GWU-3rdOrder 2012-03-04 Ken Bausch on Third Phase Science (Handout) 2012-03-04 Ken Bausch Third Phase Science (Slides) The George Washington University University Seminar on Reflexive Systems Friday, March 2, 2012 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm Funger Hall, Room 320, 2201 G Street NW A …