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Re hypocrisy:  meanwhile, back in the ranch...:

Natural Selection Is Built-In Hypocrisy In US ScienceStructure

A.

http://www.nas.edu/

Where theNation Turns for Independent, Expert Advice

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine

B.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

In the Executive Office of the President, the mainbody advising the president on science policy is the Office of Science and Technology Policy.Other advisory bodies exist within the Executive Office of the President,including the President's Council of Advisorson Science and Technology and the National Science and Technology Council.

Further advice (onlegislating science policy) is provided by extra-governmental organizationssuch as The National Academies, which was created andmostly funded by the federal government,[2] and the RAND Corporation, as well as othernon-profit organizations suchas the American Association for theAdvancement of Science and the American Chemical Society among others.

C.

Conflict of interest arises whenever the personal orprofessional interests of a board or committee member or of an expert adviserare potentially at odds with the best interests of the nonprofit…by the peoplefor the people…

D.

I rest the people’s case…

Dov Henis

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Overcoming Bias Commenter's avatar

poelmo, do you have a link that can given an apples-to-apples comparison? When I try googling I mostly get Brit papers (I don't know who owns them) and pro-gun forums. I also found a paper by three Italian academics on a "reversal of misfortune", but it seems to be about crime generally speaking rather than violent crime.

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