Environmental & Energy,
Law Practice
Jan. 3, 2019
Climate change and rule of law
I wish we did not have to do so, but it turns out to be as difficult as it is necessary to debate facts. More than that, those of us who believe in the value of evidence for decisions must persuade others of that proposition: that empirical data is not only useful but crucial, and that relying on untruth is unwise.
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
I wish we did not have to do so, but it turns out to be as difficult as it is necessary to debate facts. More than that, those of us who believe in the value of evidence for decisions must persuade others of that proposition: that empirical data is not only useful but crucial, and that relying on untruth is unwise. Yet I assert that to take to task those who prefer to be rational, not their opposites. Too many of us shy away from a responsibility to insist on reason, ...
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