Saturday, May 31, 2008

Metapost: Redux


Meena Hasan
Here.

I was going to write about the epic clusterfuck that is the Democratic primary season, but, fortunately others beat me to it. I'd like to give a loud A-men to Hunter at Daily Kos. He writes:


The most infuriating thing about this whole primary process was the insulting nature of much of the campaign spin, apparently all predicated on the premise that the voters (and even superdelegates) would believe pretty much anything you could force out of your own mouth without laughing.

This has been a tiring season, and Senator Clinton's decision to continue to fight over Michigain smacks of a willful disregard for reason and unity at a time we could sorely use both. To quote Publius over at Obsidian Wings:


The Clinton campaign will treat today's result as illegitimate. Its supporters will follow their lead. And the wounds will get deeper.

I however will be turning my attention to Dispatches from the Culture Wars, a generally great blog written by one Ed Brayton. I'm working on a post that will argue, among other things, that (1) Philosophy of Science is essential, (2) scientists and defenders of science often don't get some of the most basic precepts of the established philosophy of their field, and (3) pointing that out doesn't make one anti-science.


Stay tuned.