Excellent essay by Kofman. A must read. As a former chemist now (almost) a social scientist Latours thinking has been influential for me notwithstanding dangers of relativism and scientific nihilism. His thoughts on how to counter climate change deniers are important
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@eyywa regarding IPCC SR15 “Latour realized he was witnessing the beginnings a seismic rhetorical shift: from scientists appealing to transcendent, capital-T Truth to touting the robust networks through which truth is, and has always been, established.”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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This is a complete 180 from the canonical Latour, would have been nice to have his help during the "Post-Modern/New Left" debates in the early 2000's.
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I think journalists are now learning that facts can lose their robustness when you have a POTUS who is all "facts schmacts".
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This is major backpedaling by Latour as he tries to salvage his legacy. To act now as if he always believed in the authority of science is rich. Then why hadn’t he ever said so before? Those who predicted the obvious unintended consequences of his work can now say we told you so.
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Listening to him talk now is like listening to Republican candidates acting like they supported covering pre-existing conditions all along. It’s embarrassing.
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Or by facts
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life is everything, dead is Armageddon.
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All help is needed.
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