criteria

Does anyone know by heart or have quick access to Lafleur's seven questions to distinguish cranks from scientists? I'm away from my office and can't find them on the web. Full article reference is Lafleur, L. J. ‘Cranks and Scientists.’ The Scientific Monthly 73 (1951): 284-90. I'm just...

Are there criteria that members here can agree upon to measure the sleeziness of political ads, and culpability of the candidates for said ads? Here's a strawman: A) Untruth dimension Scale of 1-5 (or whatever) where 1=white lie and 5=whopper B) Severity dimension (i.e. a rape charge versus a...

Americans of all political stripes routinely refer to America as the world's greatest nation. To what extent can this be quantified? What would the list of criteria be? I envision a scorecard where, for each criterion, a scorer enters: 1) score -10 to 10 2) weight 1-10 3) significance 1-10...