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more on Academy of P.C. Sciences - New York Times
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:34:48 +0200
Begin forwarded message: From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com> Date: September 27, 2006 9:58:27 PM GMT+02:00 To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: Re: [IP] more on Academy of P.C. Sciences - New York TimesI'm interested after googling: where is the evidence that "barring" occurred in letting this contract? Citations would help the skeptics among us.
In particular, did Congress request NSF to let a contract to parties with builtin conflicts of interest resulting from their employment?
Or is the "barring" just slang for ensuring that science is not perverted by special interests?
David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Ed Gerck <egerck () nma com> Date: September 26, 2006 6:03:32 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: Re: [IP] Academy of P.C. Sciences - New York Times David Farber wrote:I never thought the academy was cynical enough to publish a political tract like “Beyond Bias and Barriers,” the new report on discrimination against female scientists and engineers.That's the same thing that was done in the US with Internet voting by the NSF, where Internet voting companies were barred from participate -- because they are vendors. So, the scientists that were leading the field and had actual experience had no voice, while those who could only speculate and were coincident with the desired result were left to call the shots. Guilty as charged. Google David Cheney and that NSF-supported fly-by-night operation that was called the Internet Policy Institute. Regards, Ed Gerck ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as dpreed () reed com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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