[FoRK] Practicing Science: No Ideology, No False Agenda?

[J. Andrew Rogers]

On Jan 9, 2008, at 11:32 AM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote:
> Everybody who had an idea had to fight about it in the "marketplace  
> of ideas", and be judged by the "wisdom of the crowds."


I have noticed that on too many occasions that the "wisdom of crowds"  
is not wise, and that not everyone nominally participating in the  
"marketplace of ideas" is carrying currency.

J. Andrew Rogers