Hey Stan,
Thanks - I enjoyed writing it (if any masochists want to read it, it's here). I've got to admit that the assumptions they operate on are really bad blinders .
You know, that might not be a bad thing . Seriously, though, I would rather see social scientists interacting with planners, trainers and simulators (oh yeah, and the policy folks too!), than foisting us off on an unsuspecting BCT. Okay, I'll admit, I'd love to do fieldwork with one, but that gets us back to the question about foisting social scientists off on military personnel in a war zone...The education pipeline, however, is not overflowing with trained information experts and most brigades will likely never see a social scientist assigned to their staff.
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