I hope so. Isn’t openness to testing and refutation precisely what natural and social sciences are meant to do? Neither of us wants the
facts to be checked by only a politically-appointed committee.
John VW.
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From Professor John Veit-Wilson
Newcastle University GPS -- Sociology
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, England.
Tel: 0044[0]191-208 7498
www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/j.veit-wilson/
From: Jan Macvarish [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 27 June 2016 11:34
To: John Veit-Wilson <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Referenda and statistical analysis
Who would appoint the committee of academic 'fact-checkers' - self-appointed I suspect.
Dr Jan Macvarish
Associate Lecturer
School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent, CT2 7NF
07909 993 007