@sapinker Whether or not we even have social programs is a matter of ideology. I would restrict gov to protecting individual rights.
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@maiasz@sapinker & risks mistaking polycausal soc sci/ historic "data" to be too much like olicausal physics datahttp://bit.ly/1i9k49U
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@sapinker Silly, rational Steven Pinker. Here, have another sip from this Big Gulp and let's talk about our concealed weapons and Jesus.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker: Support or opposition to social programs should be based on evidence on whether they work, not ideology. http://nyti.ms/1EM9be8 ”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Lovers of big gov tout pos effects of gov programs as be all & end all but don't consider better could hv been done by private -
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@BrianLemaire2@sapinker Prisons different - legitimate place 4 gov like courts. But schools hv not done well under gov/teacher's unions
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@sapinker We have to be careful though--some impact evaluation studies are also influenced by ideology.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker All of the programs that were successful were SMALL, LOCAL programs. Maybe that's the clue.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker No, because ideologies disagree on what is a desirable outcome. “Do the poor deserve this” is not a matter of fact.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker In principle,but much leeway can/does let ideology enter in interpreting data on what soc programs 'work' . Need severe tests.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Um, capital punishment? Opposition to that is mostly ideological. Correctly.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@Aktivarum Reasonable. But if, like in Sweden, most "evidence" is deducted from biased marxistic "science", there is a problem.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker With many federal programs, the spending itself is the entire point, not the nominal purpose, such as helping disadvantaged youth.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Ideology has unfairly become a dirty word. I believe the values that drive us really do matter and that ends do not justify means.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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