In trying to understand the remarkable grip on the literature of RCP 8.5, we're in blind-men-and-the-elephant territory. There are a number of different things going on, and the importance that observers assign to each of them depends heavily on their background and perspective.
I suspect that Andy A. West has a handle on a big part of th…
In trying to understand the remarkable grip on the literature of RCP 8.5, we're in blind-men-and-the-elephant territory. There are a number of different things going on, and the importance that observers assign to each of them depends heavily on their background and perspective.
I suspect that Andy A. West has a handle on a big part of the answer, as he laid out in his recent book The Grip of Culture. It's perfectly consistent with his analysis to find intelligent and highly trained people doing things that have the trappings of science, but have little to do with readily accessible realities in the real world. RCP 8.5 shows up in places where it's jarring and hard to understand if all you care about is getting things right, but as a note in a cultural anthem it works just fine.
In trying to understand the remarkable grip on the literature of RCP 8.5, we're in blind-men-and-the-elephant territory. There are a number of different things going on, and the importance that observers assign to each of them depends heavily on their background and perspective.
I suspect that Andy A. West has a handle on a big part of the answer, as he laid out in his recent book The Grip of Culture. It's perfectly consistent with his analysis to find intelligent and highly trained people doing things that have the trappings of science, but have little to do with readily accessible realities in the real world. RCP 8.5 shows up in places where it's jarring and hard to understand if all you care about is getting things right, but as a note in a cultural anthem it works just fine.
Decision based evidence making.
All the explanation you will ever need.