tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948583.post6723149218316240319..comments2024-03-08T05:11:27.985-06:00Comments on This Blog Gently Scolds Fascists: Pulling Rank (But, You Know, Not Like a Jerk)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948583.post-63095875228601875252013-09-11T14:22:31.304-05:002013-09-11T14:22:31.304-05:00And you are in education to boot! A speaker at so...And you are in education to boot! A speaker at some inservice once summed this up the best. He had once been involved in making ice cream. As he explained everyone has eaten ice cream and so everyone has an opinion about what makes good ice cream. Same is true with education and criminology. Everyone has gone to school and been involved with the police and crime (or at least knows someone who has) and so everyone has an opinion. I think this mainly illustrates that for most people, anecdotes are more powerful than data. Add to this the general anti-science bias of many and it makes you wonder how good policy decisions ever get made.Johnnoreply@blogger.com