Evidence Based Policy
Check out the blog on our website for more info: www.axismundionline.com/blog/science-evidence-and-politics/ If you've not seen already, Axis Mundi spent a little time in 2012 to go and speak with author Micheal Brooks (13 things that don't make sense), MP Julian Huppert, Author Mark Henderson (The Geek Manifesto), and Drug Advisor David Nutt. There is an upsurge of geeks hassling the good British government to make decisions based on facts, instead of inventing facts based on decisions. Bad science is rife in the houses of parliament. The sacking of Professor David Nutt back in Oct 2009 has sparked calls from the science communities for drugs policy to become more evidence based. Doctors and skeptics have also joined to make medicine witchcraft free and evidence based. Check out the blog on our website for more info: www.axismundionline.com/blog/science-evidence-and-politics/
