I wholeheartedly agree about POST's general awesomeness :)
Their POSTnotes (wee four page briefing notes) are a good place to start on all sorts of science & tech things. I cannot remember ever wildly disagreeing with them on anything, though I may have wished they'd clarified the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes...
Jo
(I am the owner of the psci-com list, but my comments are not made in any "official" capacity).
> On 10 Jul 2014, at 11:41, Michael Kenward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I'm not sure that I understand what that means, but I view POST as one of the hidden gems of Parliament. I have followed POST since its early days, not to mention the late lamented US Office of Technology Assessment, which was POST's role model.
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> Along with the relevant select committees, it is one of the few places where a scientifically illiterate parliament gets some exposure to the real world.
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> Until now, though, POST has been very low profile. If the plan is to do something about that, great, although it will mean that more people are in the know, which is not always good news for journalists.
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> Then again, given that, present company excepted, few "science writers" or media outlets show any interest in policy issues – I exclude the ranters who bang on about the NHS in their witter feeds – maybe POST will remain that hidden gem.
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> MK
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