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Nate Tan

Nate Tan has written 2 posts for Triple Helix Online

The New Psychology of Judgment and its Ramifications for Justice

The psychology behind human decision-making and judgment is widely thought to be rational, analytical, and consistent.  Our society fetishizes economic forecasts, political statistics, and the digitization of identity through social media.  In such a society, it is satisfying to view decision-making as mechanical, predictable, and coherent. However, over the past decade or so, psychological research [...]

The STEM Imperative: Science Education in America

Science education in America is an incredibly pressing issue; in his 2011 State of the Union address, President Obama made it his key theme.  He stressed the need to lead the nation into a new Sputnik era in which the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and math—are popular and robust.1 This is because the STEM fields [...]

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