Knowledge Creep and Decision Accretion

The conventional title for this article would be &dquo;Knowledge Utilization in Decision-Making.&dquo; I have chosen the mangled terminology to make a point-in fact, two points. The first is that knowledge, at least the subcategory of knowledge that derives from systematic research and analysis, is not often &dquo;utilized&dquo; in direct and instrumental fashion in the formulation of policy. Only occasionally does it supply an &dquo;answer&dquo; that