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Do science fiction writers dream of fascist dictatorships?

Image via Wikipedia Some years ago in a book review, I made an off-the-cuff comment that thriller writers tend to be quite wright-wing in their outlook whereas science fiction authors are much more...

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Epistemology as ethics: Decisions and judgments not methods and solutions for...

Image via Wikipedia Show me the money! Or so the saying goes. Implying that talk is cheap and facts are the only thing that matters. But there is another thing we are being asked to do with money and...

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When is subtle manipulation of data a flat out lie? Truth about Chinese...

I’ve been on a China kick lately (reading and listening about its history and global position) and a crime public policy kick (reading and listening to Mark Kleiman). I was struck when I heard Mark say...

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