Elephant at the table
A question that often comes up is whether there is such a thing as policy based on science or, in some cases, even on intelligence. Particularly when there is an elephant in the room (or at the table), who has already made up his mind what he is going to do, as was spelled out in The Downing Street Memo. So, in Post-Normal Times, we need to focus also on creating the context for good policy, perhaps as is depicted in Billmon’ s vision of 2010.
