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Climate Change Survey Measures: Exploring Perceived Bias And Question Interpretation, Tarik Abdel-Monem, Lisa M. Pytlikzillig, Tonya K. Bernadt, Nicole Wall
Climate Change Survey Measures: Exploring Perceived Bias And Question Interpretation, Tarik Abdel-Monem, Lisa M. Pytlikzillig, Tonya K. Bernadt, Nicole Wall
Lisa PytlikZillig Publications
Climate change has become an important yet politically divisive topic in recent years. Further complicating the issue are assertions that climate change– related public opinion surveys used by social scientists are biased or otherwise problematic. We conducted a pilot study to explore questions concerning bias and interpretation of climate change surveys. Our study sample was composed of adult residents of Nebraska (n = 115). We augmented our survey findings with cognitive interviews of a subsample of respondents (n = 20). We assessed study participants’ attitudes about climate change, and perceptions of bias and interpretation of survey questions drawn from previously …
June 9, 2014: “It Matters What’S True.”, Bruce Ledewitz
June 9, 2014: “It Matters What’S True.”, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “ “It matters what’s true.”“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
S14rs Sgr No. 10 (Science Dean Welcome), Jacob Boudreaux, Andrew Mullet, Elly Smith, Schwartzenburg
S14rs Sgr No. 10 (Science Dean Welcome), Jacob Boudreaux, Andrew Mullet, Elly Smith, Schwartzenburg
Student Senate Enrolled Legislation
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March 16, 2014: The New Cosmos Series Plays Out The Old Culture Wars, Bruce Ledewitz
March 16, 2014: The New Cosmos Series Plays Out The Old Culture Wars, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The New Cosmos Series Plays Out the Old Culture Wars“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
February 2, 2014: The California Drought, Bruce Ledewitz
February 2, 2014: The California Drought, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The California Drought“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Speaking Of Science: Introducing Notice And Comment Into The Legislative Process, Gregory Dolin
Speaking Of Science: Introducing Notice And Comment Into The Legislative Process, Gregory Dolin
All Faculty Scholarship
Congress enacts, on a nearly continuous basis, a variety of laws that affect scientific research and progress. Some of these laws have an unquestionably positive effect. For instance, Congress's creation of the National Institutes of Health, the National Academy of Sciences, and NASA; its various appropriations to fund ground-breaking research; and a multitude of other laws have incalculably advanced human knowledge, and it is to Congress's great credit that these laws have been and are continuing to be enacted. However, not all laws that affect the progress of sciences are an unalloyed good. Quite the opposite, often the laws aim …
Enriching Radically Enactive Cognitive Science, Daniel D. Hutto
Enriching Radically Enactive Cognitive Science, Daniel D. Hutto
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
The sciences of mind have taken a decisively embodied, enactive turn, exploring the possibility that thinking may occur in action and not only in the head or the brain. The embodied cognition movement, which first established itself in the early 1990s, has matured into a flourishing research program with many branches. Embodied cognition has come of age. Even traditionalists who view this program with skepticism admit embodied cognitive science is now a force to be reckoned with, one that: "is sweeping the planet" [1, p. 619] and "has become an industry" [2, p. 1]. The main driver of its growth …
The Natural Complexity Of Patent Eligibility, Jacob S. Sherkow
The Natural Complexity Of Patent Eligibility, Jacob S. Sherkow
Articles & Chapters
It has long been assumed that the doctrine of patent eligibility’s prohibition of patents on “laws of nature,” “natural phenomena,” and “products of nature” rests on legalistic interpretations of those terms. But there is good reason to doubt this assumption. Since the doctrine’s inception, the Supreme Court has yet to provide any framework, formula, or factors explaining these “natural” terms. Rather, the Court has increasingly fixated on a list of scientific tropes, such as gravity, the heat of the Sun, and extracted metals, that it believes are true examples of “natural laws,” “phenomena,” and “products.”
An actual examination of scientific …
23andme, The Food And Drug Administration, And The Future Of Genetic Testing, Patricia Zettler, Jacob S. Sherkow, Henry Greely
23andme, The Food And Drug Administration, And The Future Of Genetic Testing, Patricia Zettler, Jacob S. Sherkow, Henry Greely
Other Publications
On November 22, 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) effectively halted health-related direct-to-consumer genetic testing in the United States by sending a warning letter to 23andMe, the leading company in the field, directing it to stop providing such testing. The FDA acted as the era of widespread, clinical use of DNA sequencing rapidly approaches. The agency’s action will contribute to changes in which genetic tests are offered to patients and how testing is provided.
Dissent In Science, Brian Martin
Dissent In Science, Brian Martin
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Dissent is questioning or challenging an established idea, practice, or policy. It occurs in all sorts of areas. For example, people can dissent against wars, school rules, or evolutionary theory. Dissent is usually expressed in words, for example in blogs, articles, and speeches, but it can also be expressed in actions or at events, such as a protest rally. Dissent in science can refer to challenges to dominant scientific theories and also questioning of priorities or practices within science, for example, questioning whether a person should have received the Nobel Prize or whether Nobel prizes are a good idea at …