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dc.contributor.authorFjelland, Ragnar
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-06T09:30:05Z
dc.date.available2020-04-06T09:30:05Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.PublishedFjelland R. When laypeople are right and experts are wrong: Lessons from love canal. HYLE - International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry. 2016;22(1):105-125eng
dc.identifier.issn1433-5158
dc.identifier.issn1617-4240
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/21698
dc.description.abstractLove Canal, a suburban town in New York State built on a waste disposal site of a former chemical factory, provoked one of the first major environmental controversies. It involved scientists, citizens and politicians, including the US Congress and President. The controversy raises many important problems, and the article focuses in particular on the uses of scientific knowledge and the role of scientists. Although the scientists worked for the authorities, they regarded their knowledge as objective and their advice as neutral. However, the residents of Love Canal did not trust them, and engaged their own scientist. At the time of the controversy (1978) the Precautionary Principle had not been formulated, but the controversy involved many issues that have later been related to the principle. One particular issue was the uses of statistics, and the relationship between type 1 and type 2 statistical errors. The article relates the controversy to recent debates on the proper use of significance tests and statistics, and argues that context and values have to be taken into consideration. It concludes that in cases like Love Canal it is imperative to inform about uncertainty and to involve all stakeholders.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherHYLEeng
dc.rightsCopyright 2016 by HYLE and Ragnar Fjellandeng
dc.titleWhen laypeople are right and experts are wrong: Lessons from love canaleng
dc.typeJournal articleeng
dc.typePeer reviewedeng
dc.date.updated2020-01-27T21:35:52Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.identifier.cristin1408936
dc.source.journalHYLE - International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry


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