Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 13, 2021
Following the science
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
http://www.connexions.org/Media/CXNL-2021-11-13.htm
Date Written: 2021-11-13
Publisher: Connexions
Year Published: 2021
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX24423
When we as a society are faced with difficult policy choices, can science tell us what choices we should make? We should be sceptical of anyone who says that it can, because that isn’t actually what science does. It can certainly provide information we need to take into account when making choices and trade-offs, but choices don’t automatically follow from science.
