tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36954124.post7529315098364281647..comments2024-03-21T04:36:03.730-07:00Comments on Nanoscience and Nanosociety: Technology by the NumbersChris Newfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078395415386100872noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36954124.post-11723294456255601202007-05-07T17:45:00.000-07:002007-05-07T17:45:00.000-07:00Oh yeah, and the same could be said for evaluating...Oh yeah, and the same could be said for evaluating students purely by their grades and SAT or GRE scores. Those numbers are often highly misleading. They are only shortcuts.AaronRowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543314530625586766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36954124.post-11457731747214786672007-05-07T17:41:00.000-07:002007-05-07T17:41:00.000-07:00Professor Plaxco often says that a theory tends to...Professor Plaxco often says that a theory tends to disappear when its proponents do. I hope that there is a lot of resistance to the overuse of quantification. There is plenty of room for humanistic and qualitative social science. There is too much of an emphasis on numbers everywhere these days. Friends of mine made decisions about where to go to graduate school exclusively based on US News and World Report rankings. For example, one of them went to UCSD because it was higher ranked than any other programs that he was accepted to.AaronRowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543314530625586766noreply@blogger.com