Sociology of science

by Peter Rose
Everyone complains about the Weather but nobody does anything about it!

by Judith Curry
Climate depression is real.  Just ask a scientist. – Madeleine Thomas

by Judith Curry
“Just how charitable are you supposed to be when criticizing the views of an opponent?” – Daniel Dennett

by Judith Curry
Some new angles in Mann vs Steyn et al.

by Judith Curry
 The implications of dogmatic groupthink and intimidation for the pursuit of sound science — and sound policy — are chilling. – Christopher Snowden

by Judith Curry
“He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.”  – John Stuart Mill

by Judith Curry
We find ourselves in scientific hell when we discover that our powers of persuasion are limited to those who were already predisposed to agree with us. – Philip Tetlock

by Judith Curry
I am concerned that phenomena similar to that of Kim Kardashian may also exist in the scientific community. I think it is possible that there are individuals who are famous for being famous.  - Neil Hall

by Judith Curry
An academic feud swirls around how best or even whether to express the scientific consensus around climate change.  

I’ve written several previous posts about the Cook et al. paper Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature.   See my previous posts on the paper:

by Judith Curry
 The myth that there is no politics of science is dangerous as it prevents the important and urgently needed institution of some democratic control of the existing system of politics within the commonwealth of learning. – Joseph Agassi

Climate Etc. has previously addressed in numerous posts the role of science in political debates and the politicization of science. This post focuses on politics WITHIN science, and is relevant to several recent posts: