Philosophers and STS didn't create the climate of doubt around climate change.
A few sad/crotchety/old physicists + Big Oil + Beltway think-tanks peddling pseudo-science and libertarian pipe dreams did. #ExxonKnewhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/magazine/bruno-latour-post-truth-philosopher-science.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage …
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Marshall your allies! Do end-runs around your enemies! Create immutable mobiles and be their spokesmen! Figure out why your defectors are defecting! Move from the lab to the field, then back to the lab, then back to the field! Conquer!
It's really quite flattering so long as you aren't hung up on some very naive ideas about the nature of facts or truth or scientists, in my view. It only sounds threatening if you are very committed against the idea that epistemology is a social activity.
