Environmental science and public policy.(IV. The Environment)

From: Social Research | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

The method of science depends on our attempts to describe the world with simple models. Theories that are complex may become untestable, even if they happen to be true.

--Karl Popper (1982: 44)

IN SURVEYING THE CONTENTIOUS NATURE OF POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES surrounding environmental science today it is tempting to adapt the episode of The Simpsons called "Lisa the Skeptic," in which a judge issues an injunction requiring that "politics is to stay at least 500 yards away from religion at all times." Many scientists and policy analysts would probably like to see a similar ...

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