Correction to: Dissenting Directors

Dissenting Opinion

Authored by Ingrid Schneider The essence of this Opinion is supported by Christoph Then This document is a dissenting opinion to the Report on patents in the field of human stem cells (hereinafter referred to as the “Report”) of the Expert Group on the development and implications of patent law in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering (E02973). As in the Report, this dissenting op...

Reproducible Research: a Dissenting Opinion

Reproducible Research, the de facto title of a growing movement within many scientific fields, would require the code, used to generate the experimental results, be published along with any paper. Probably the most compelling argument for this is that it is simply following good scientific practice, established over the years by the greats of science. It is further claimed that misconduct is ca...

Judge Posner through dissenting eyes.

Minimally invasive coronary bypass: a dissenting opinion.

Minimally invasive techniques for coronary surgery are gaining increased attention, but not without debate. We recognize that in criticizing a new technique, it is necessary to have not only a firm opinion but also a willingness to be wrong; our purpose is to stimulate discussion and debate. Of course, it is difficult to argue against attempts to minimize the invasiveness of any procedure, but ...

Accounting for Sustainability: A Dissenting Opinion

Discounted-utilitarian welfare, the commonest social objective studied by economists, is the basis for the theory of green accounting in terms of social utility. Sustainability is a different type of social objective. Consequently, green accounting as derived in many empirical models is not appropriate for studying sustainability. Maximin is a consistent foundation for the analysis of sustainab...