We have an amazing guest today - Dr Stephan Lewandowsky, a leading cognitive scientist and an expert on misinformation. We will examine the roots of our current crisis of science in the US, and its implications for the future.
"The Language of Evidence" Episode 2. The roots of the crisis of science in the US: a conversation with Dr Stephan Lewandowsky
Korney Chukovsky (pronounced cor-NEIGH choo-KOF-ski) is described as a “Russian Dr Seuss.” Born out of wedlock and kicked out of school for being of “lower class,” Chukovsky taught himself several languages and became the beloved founder of Russian children’s literature. In the 1960s he defended political dissidents such as
With this firing, Kennedy and Trump are essentially telling the Senate - you can vote for whoever you want, and then if they get in the way, we just fire them. What is such an important thing that they are planning, that would risk them blowing up the CDC? The "aluminum plan."
Kennedy even attacked Denmark as a country: do “Gold Standard Science” or risk US collaboration and business. This demand is reminiscent of the “quid pro quo” arrangement Trump proposed to Vladimir Zelensky in the Fall of 2019.
The interviews explain the gap between Kennedy’s 2005 “Deadly Immunity” piece and his resurgence of interest in aluminum in 2017. And they help us answer the key question - is the “aluminum family” just a group of ordinary scientists?