The phenomenon of science being tainted with politics, and politics tainted with scientism, has been growing for decades. The way it has been playing out in the pandemic is not an especially severe instance.
"Society faces a risk even more toxic and deadly than Covid-19: that the conduct of science becomes indistinguishable from politics" https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/27/hear-scientists-different-views-covid-19-dont-attack-them/ …pic.twitter.com/QAkML7JqcG
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I think it's probably less of a problem than it has been for most of history, if we're taking the ultra long view, but e.g. Youtube deciding to reintroduce institutional gatekeepers indicates a pretty severe step off a trajectory otherwise favorable to heterodoxy
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doing science and doing politics has one common aspect: both overpromise and both underdeliver. It happens constantly.
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This is quite important, but I don't think the way this article is framed is how you get all of society to buy in. There are lots of more "mainstream" scientists who are derided just as much or even more like Fauci or Drosten. It's not really a question of dissent from a certain
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point of view, but a question of fundamentally tolerating different opinions, no matter whether they are more "mainstream" or not.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/26/virologist-christian-drosten-germany-coronavirus-expert-interview …
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Good science and good politics play out through argument and explanations. Not by suppressing criticism and alternative ideas. Both scientific theories and social policies need to stand-up to the empirical reality of the world. A hazard arises from misunderstanding this process.
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So, you’re saying that (insert axe to grind) isn’t automatically correct just because I can produce a compelling chart based off of an incomplete picture?
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C19 isn’t particularly deadly, so this isn’t saying much.
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