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When emotion prevails over cold, hard science in public policy
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Dec. 02, 2011
Should we be crafting policy and spending money on the basis of exceptionalism? But how do we begin to answer that question when there’s no public consensus on the exact point where the general good is no longer served by the benefits to a few?… Exceptionalism is at the root of many public-policy issues where emotion, self-interest and personal experience conflict with the more dispassionate, evidence-based approach of science. And with good reason: The individual story changes everything in how we relate to a prickly policy issue
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