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This article really misses the crux of how science massively screwed up and forever tarnished its image. It's egregiously silent about the disastrous role scien
by gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
This article really misses the crux of how science massively screwed up and forever tarnished its image. It's egregiously silent about the disastrous role science had in American society around the 1920s.
Eugenics! The scientific management of society through experts. Scientific racism. The rise of the corporation as a new empirical organization of people.
This is so painfully obvious especially now: that science empowers political people and individuals with moral sure-footedness.
Instead of imbuing people with a doubt and skepticism (for science is bound to change with new information), science is used as a sort of license to micromanage and extend power over people and silence criticism.