Distrust of Science
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#2: Repeat After Me
More...In 2011, an American psychologist named Daryl Bem proved the impossible. He showed that precognition — the ability to sense the future — is real. His study was explosive, and shook the very foundations of psychology.
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Secondary Symptoms #2: Not So Fast
More...Glimmers of hope. Guardian journalist Sumanth Subramanian. He tells the story of one lab’s push for a Covid-19 vaccine, and the promising new technology they’re using.
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Secondary Symptoms #1: Tin Foil Hats Stop Covid
More...We never planned for this. Cited was going to just make documentaries for you this season, but then the whole world changed. So, we had to change too. For at least the next two months, we’ll be releasing a weekly news-magazine style show about the Covid-19 pandemic. We’re calling it Secondary Symptoms.
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Did Science Studies Create the Post-Truth World?
More...Further reading for Episode #1, “The Science Wars.” Here, Gordon Katic reviews the literature, and he looks for evidence that post-modern scholars influenced the ‘post-truth’ moment.
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#1: The Science Wars
More...Before there was the War on Science, there were the Science Wars. In the 1990’s, the Science Wars were a set of debates about the nature of science and its place in a democratic society. This little-known and long-forgotten academic squabble became surprisingly contentious, culminating in an audacious hoax. Today, some scholars say the Science Wars might just explain how we got our ‘post-truth’ moment. To figure out if they’re right, we go back to the beginning.