Consider the Facts: moving people to deliberative thinking<\/a>\u00a0is an experiment in several ways. The project itself involves experimentation to examine a hypothesis.<\/em><\/p>\nBut the process of raising money for research through crowdfunding is also an experiment. Can a group of people in the public sphere create, vet and support active scientific research? What is required to make that happen?<\/em><\/p>\nSpreadingScience has learned a lot and has some answers to those questions. One final one is whetehr we will reach our goal.<\/em><\/p>\n$25 would help a lot. Please help us answer that question.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consider the Facts: moving people to deliberative thinking\u00a0is an experiment in several ways. The project itself involves experimentation to examine a hypothesis. But the process of raising money for research through crowdfunding is also an experiment. 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