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This is a blend of reminiscence, policy analysis, and political commentary. I shall draw on my experience in and out of the federal government and try to temper both self-righteousness and cynicism as I describe, and then prescribe, what “science watchers” in Washington D.C. and its surrounding reality, fear, loathe, and cope with daily. The epigram for my remarks might be Daniel Bell’s observation that an academic is one who wonders whether something that works in practice will work in theory. The tension inherent in Bell’s remark captures the tension that Nicholas Mullins will always symbolize in my mind. He was my competitor, colleague, and friend.
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Chubin, D.E. (2000). Reculturing Science Politics, Policy, and Promises to Keep. In: Kumar, D.D., Chubin, D.E. (eds) Science, Technology, and Society. Innovations in Science Education and Technology, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3992-2_11
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