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Historian of science, secrecy, and nuclear weapons. Professor of STS at @FollowStevens. UC Berkeley alum with a Harvard PhD. NUKEMAP creator. Coder and web dev.

Hoboken, NJ / NYC
blog.nuclearsecrecy.com
Joined September 2011

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    1. Seth Masket‏Verified account @smotus 25 Nov 2018
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      Seth Masket Retweeted Media Matters

      The argument that scientists fabricate findings that are hostile to the interests of the wealthiest corporations in the world *for the money* should be mocked viciously every time it is offered. And it’s offered a lot.https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/1066736183382876162 …

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      CNN's Rick Santorum praises Trump administration trying to bury report on climate change: "A lot of these scientists are driven by the money" pic.twitter.com/ndwpkQHUxH
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    2. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 25 Nov 2018
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      In my experience, very few people realize that scientists (or academics in general) don't just get to pocket research grants. I've had odd conversations with people about how academic funding works, and what we use the money to do. It's very alien to people in the private sector.

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    3. Dwight Spelvin‏ @TheRealHannay 25 Nov 2018
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      No, but which research projects do and don't receive grants isn't exactly unrelated from their hypothesized conclusions.

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    4. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 25 Nov 2018
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      Indeed, like all science (not just climate), hypotheses do play a role in proposal evaluation by other scientists. That's not the same thing as saying that the research is being done "for all the money" or any other kind of similarly uninformed statement.

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      Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 25 Nov 2018
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      If the argument is, scientists writing grants tend to back theories they believe to be true, and that the reviewers believe to be true... I'll agree with that. But I'll also ask you what other system would possibly make any sense.

      12:11 PM - 25 Nov 2018
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        2. Dwight Spelvin‏ @TheRealHannay 25 Nov 2018
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          The point being made is that we need to remain skeptical of any study being performed, as they are all prone to this bias. In terms of climate change, oil companies funded studies are disregarded due to this bias, while studies backed by the green agenda are accepted as clean.

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        3. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 25 Nov 2018
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          By "Green Agenda" you mean — all studies not sponsored by Big Oil? I mean, come on man, you can't be this naive, can you? You really believe that all scientists are in on a big Green Agenda, and that good old Big Oil is the straight-shooter here?

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        4. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 25 Nov 2018
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          Science has its own self-enforced mechanisms for evaluating hypotheses. What Santorum and others are advocating is essentially, for purely political reasons, throwing out conclusions that have been confirmed again and again, by multitudes of scientists globally.

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