Scientific Democracy

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"Scientific Democracy" is the scientific method  applied to  democracy . Science is a useful way of thinking which applies to many...

Laws and Regulations consistent with Scientific Democracy

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2018 Foundations for Evidence-based Policy Act https://www.google.com/search?q=2018+foundations+for+evidence-based+policy+act Public Law 115...

publications related to Scientific Democracy

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@article{2018_Haskins, title={Evidence-Based Policy: The Movement, the Goals, the Issues, the Promise}, author={R.~Haskins}, year={20...

Transitioning from where we are to where we want to be

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If Scientific Democracy is better than the current situation, how can we transition? Scientific Democracy be applied at all levels of gove...

critique of the scientific democracy website

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feedback on the design of the http://www.scientificdemocracy.org/ website: needs more color needs more pictures too much text too many...

task list for scientific democracy

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Respond to the following questions: Why does scientific democracy need to be in the psyche of the populace? What's the plan for gett...

Principles of Science are beneficial to democracy

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Principles of Science: Data collected by measurement is the root of truth.  Data collected by measurement is objective (it doesn't ma...

accounting for distraction

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There are lots of ways for a population to be distracted by the people and processes in government. The consequence of being distracted is t...

literature review

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Science in Democracy Expertise, Institutions, and Representation By Mark B. Brown https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/science-democracy

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The Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking website will be available until July 1, 2018.  There's a link to the  Evidence-Bas...

How to convey Science (and Scientific Democracy)

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I attended an engaging talk by Alan Alda on the topic of communicating science. Alan Alda leads the Center for Communicating Science at Sto...

Emotional resonance of Scientific Democracy

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The underlying assumption of science is that nature is measurable. These measures are mathematically related, yielding a consistent and univ...

Examples of applying Scientific Democracy

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Better Services Through Experimental Government  (nesta.org.uk, 2015) [44 page PDF] Scientific Method of Government  (dailykos.com, 2013) ...

Facts and logic require transparency and data

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Good decisions require thought and information. In order to do science, data is needed, and the tools to analyze data are needed. To negativ...

Ethical concerns in Scientific Democracy

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Citizens would need to consent to participating in experiments. Experiments need to be reviewed for ethical implications

planning and doing experiments as a delay tactic and how to counter

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Setting up and doing experiments well takes considerable effort and time.  In my experience, I've observed the "we are planning on ...

Reasoning from facts and logic versus emotion

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While it may feel rewarding to win an emotional argument, this forms a poor basis for evaluating options. You may not end up getting what yo...

Scientific Democracy and the Electoral process

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The Process of Electing a President http://www.ams.org/samplings/feature-column/fcarc-elections Is There a Best Procedure? Arrow’s Imposs...

Scientific Democracy and gerrymandering

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"In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice intended to establish a political advantage for a particul...

Frequently Asked Questions

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Who's the author? Owner? Administrator? The author, owner, and administrator want to remain private. The author wants the concept and...