ben goldacre
Ryan Bourne
@bengoldacre Ben - they are lamenting when the term "evidence based policy" is used to try to shut down debate & cover implicit ideology.
Thinktank IEA criticises evidence based policy making, by...criticising the evidence for some policies. Seriously. http://bit.ly/171SLcH
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@RyanCPS that's a very wishful reading of what they actually wrote! http://www.iea.org.uk/in-the-media/press-release/%E2%80%98evidence-based%E2%80%99-policies-are-damaging-uk-policymaking … -
@bengoldacre well, aggressive use of this term has bugged me for a while. i wrote this today http://www.cps.org.uk/blog/q/date/2013/08/21/scepticism-of-evidence-based-policy-is-a-good-thing/ … - View other replies
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@RyanCPS you've simply shown the field of policy making is so backward it hears "evidence based policy" and thinks "cherrypick crap stats" -
@bengoldacre more lament purported 'EBP' often misses trade-offs, secondary effects, implicit assumptions, takes govt intervention 4 granted - View other replies
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@RyanCPS you're criticising a rather cartoonish, dishonest and incompetent approach to using evidence, not evidence based policy making.
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@bengoldacre I have a mental picture of someone at the IEA harrumphing: 'Bah! Experts - what do they know?!' -
@_gmh_ whilst insisting that they themselves are experts.
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@bengoldacre@jdportes Do you think there are objective truths policy-makers just need to 'find'? Isn't evidence based policy a mismomer? -
@harrylambert1@jdportes Everyone always aspires to evidence based policy making. Any new movement is just people trying to do that better. - Show more
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@bengoldacre@Puffles2010 Might be nice to have some "thinking-based" think-tankery, some day. -
@Uncivil_S@bengoldacre@Puffles2010 unfortunately, Jamie Whyte is a thinker; inasmuch as he has a PhD in philosophy... -
@qmulbioethics@bengoldacre@Puffles2010 Less excuse for writing balls, then (no, OK, I admit it, I've only read the press release). -
@Uncivil_S@bengoldacre@Puffles2010 when a non-economist makes "economics" his religion, it's wise to stand well clear...
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@bengoldacre Bristol public policy prof critiques IEA report: "attempt to discredit an alternative voice in society"https://theconversation.com/quackademics-under-fire-as-critical-voices-are-targeted-17381 … -
Spot on from
@ShodanAlexM “@Will_deF: IEA report: "attempt to discredit an alternative voice in society" https://theconversation.com/quackademics-under-fire-as-critical-voices-are-targeted-17381 …” -
@DrDaveOBrien I succumbed in the end. -
@ShodanAlexM it was worth it, that's an excellent response.
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