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Re: Science and Politics

Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Jun 29, 2026 11:28 pm

L'Emmerdeur wrote:
Mon Jun 29, 2026 10:29 pm
Cool video. The historical parallel is obvious. Of course scientific inquiry around trans issues is only one of the targets of a pretty wide-ranging wrecking ball.
Yeah. Dr Fatima, a physicist, had their grants summarily terminated - and their group was working in the area of science communication and the public understanding of science.
I hadn't heard of agnotology, but we're all familiar with weaponized ignorance.
If we know nothing, then we also cannot know that we know nothing. :D
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