The claims about Europe in this article are completely absurd, but that’s hardly surprising given the incredibly low standard of the sources cited. I’m in favour of engagement with diverse viewpoints and believe this should be viewed as a serious task. I think the best way to do this is to engage with the primary literature and with the output of well-regarded think tanks—see for example the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report—http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=think_tanks
The claims about Europe in this article are completely absurd, but that’s hardly surprising given the incredibly low standard of the sources cited.
Note that many of the claims in Haydn’s post had no source at all.
Global Go To Think Tank Index Report
I took a quick look at this report. The methodology section indicates that it ranks think tanks on the basis of impact. Choosing to trust a think tank based on how much influence it has seems a bit like choosing to trust a person based on how loudly they’re speaking.
The claims about Europe in this article are completely absurd, but that’s hardly surprising given the incredibly low standard of the sources cited. I’m in favour of engagement with diverse viewpoints and believe this should be viewed as a serious task. I think the best way to do this is to engage with the primary literature and with the output of well-regarded think tanks—see for example the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report—http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=think_tanks
Increasingly, MOOCs are also a great way of getting up to speed on the essentials of a discipline - https://www.class-central.com FutureLearn’s course on Crime, Justice and Society, for example, was a complete revelation to me, particularly the section on miscarriages of justice -https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/crime-justice-society
Note that many of the claims in Haydn’s post had no source at all.
I took a quick look at this report. The methodology section indicates that it ranks think tanks on the basis of impact. Choosing to trust a think tank based on how much influence it has seems a bit like choosing to trust a person based on how loudly they’re speaking.