Many discussions here have touched on the issue of Science vs Policy, with many mistaking the latter to be master of the former.
Obviously, even for those who know better than that, there is no doubt that the latter does not always well comport with the former.
It may, then, be informative to review a new Congressional Research Service Reoport for Congress, entitled “Science and Technology Policymaking: A Primer,”
which can be found at
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34454.pdf .
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