I understand that emotions are high, but the three part essays by
@JonathanJFuller
@mlipsitch and now
John Ioannidis in @BostonReview
Are truly worth your time [Thread]
What is science in the time of COVID?
Does it vary depending on your lens?
@JonathanJFuller
@mlipsitch and now
John Ioannidis in @BostonReview
Are truly worth your time [Thread]
What is science in the time of COVID?
Does it vary depending on your lens?
These essays are all fundamentally philosophical essays about how scientific facts are translated into policy decisions.
We have to remember that policy is not science. Policy is what we, human beings, decide to do when given facts.
It is bout trade offs, values and uncertainty
We have to remember that policy is not science. Policy is what we, human beings, decide to do when given facts.
It is bout trade offs, values and uncertainty
In the first essay, @JonathanJFuller asks if there are different schools of thought
Models vs. Evidence http://bostonreview.net/science-nature/jonathan-fuller-models-v-evidence">https://bostonreview.net/science-n...
Models vs. Evidence http://bostonreview.net/science-nature/jonathan-fuller-models-v-evidence">https://bostonreview.net/science-n...
In the second essay @mlipsitch makes a full throated defense of there is good science vs. everything else.
PS there is a lot of everything else online these days http://bostonreview.net/science-nature/marc-lipsitch-good-science-good-science">https://bostonreview.net/science-n...
PS there is a lot of everything else online these days http://bostonreview.net/science-nature/marc-lipsitch-good-science-good-science">https://bostonreview.net/science-n...
And in the third essay, John Ioannidis argues that folks with his background do legitimately think differently about COVID19 https://bostonreview.net/science-nature/john-p-ioannidis-totality-evidence">https://bostonreview.net/science-n...
Fascinating series of essays
I think we have to remember that Policy decisions are influenced by science, informed by science, but they are not science. They are a social decision.
I think we have to remember that Policy decisions are influenced by science, informed by science, but they are not science. They are a social decision.
@jflier and I have been hopeful in a series of op-eds in @statnews
That we should include interdisciplinary scholars in these discussions and that we should think broadly about the effects of our actions
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/27/hear-scientists-different-views-covid-19-dont-attack-them/
andhttps://www.statnews.com/2020/04/2... href=" https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/14/underderstanding-covid-19-supernova-human-history-multiple-perspectives/">https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/1...
That we should include interdisciplinary scholars in these discussions and that we should think broadly about the effects of our actions
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/27/hear-scientists-different-views-covid-19-dont-attack-them/
andhttps://www.statnews.com/2020/04/2... href=" https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/14/underderstanding-covid-19-supernova-human-history-multiple-perspectives/">https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/1...