I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Generally it is a good that decisions are made with reference to evidence. It is an especially good idea when politicians and regulators are making decisions. Still Some Crazy Politicians Out There The world still has it fair share of slightly mad and deranged political leaders and officials. Some rename the months, others spend … Read more
Too often I have seen cases being put forward that don’t resonate with their audience. People invest considerable resources and put forward positions that make sense to them but not to the people they are trying to persuade. More remarkably, people are surprised that they keep loosing, and because they spend a lot of their … Read more
An interesting piece in Chemical Watch on how regulators and politicians see the chemical industry. I worked on the survey. REACH could improve industry’s reputation, says top executive CEFIC agm debates reputation; survey shows over 80% of Brussels policymakers mistrust chemicals 30-Sep-2011 REACH offers the European chemical industry the opportunity, in the long term, … Read more
An interesting study on brain structure and political beliefs @ http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(11)00289-2 Colin Firth was one of the authors. There is perhaps a follow up study to be done to see if politicians brains blank out when you say “sound science”, “stop printing the money”, and “trade is good”.