Ilse Loots

Psychometrics criticized• Thé expert-opinion simply does not exist (as anobjective point of reference for assessing distances):– Controversies (and uncertainties/unknowns)– Technological optimism or pessimism• (Psychometric) predictions fail, as they are static(assessed at a moment)• Too psychological (despite cross-national and cross-culturalresearch): primacy of cognitive processes inindividuals