Monthly Archives: February 2010

Scientific consensus

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on February 16, 2010

Scientific consensus seems a reasonable concept. If a great number of individual scientists arrive at a similar opinion this is generally a sufficient reason to have confidence in those views. Skeptics about scientific consensus often use examples of scientific views … Continue reading →

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Competition vs coordination

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on February 8, 2010

If there is one consistent theme in the fallout of the financial meltdown it is the demand for more policy “coordination.” In the case of the sovereign debt problems in the European Union it seems inconceivable that the “low debt” … Continue reading →

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Ayn Rand: Russian fanatic

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on February 3, 2010

In some respects, Rand is almost Soviet. Her habit of remaking the past in accordance with her wishes or needs of the present is most striking… Allied to this tendency to remodel the past was Rand’s megalomaniac notion that moral … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Scientific consensus

Competition vs coordination

Ayn Rand: Russian fanatic

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