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The Imaginary "War on Science"—and the Real One (Half the Answer #56, with Nathan Oseroff-Spicer)
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Trent and Caitlin talk with philosophy of science expert Nathan Oseroff-Spicer about his review of the book "The War On Science," how the book misses the mark, what strategies its authors use to downplay the threats from the right and fabricate a threat from the left, and what motivations could possibly lead thirty-nine scholars to create such a meritless collection of propaganda under the leadership of someone like known pest Lawrence Krauss.
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Resources:
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/wars-on-science-real-and-otherwise/
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/warscience/
https://blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/13/llm-usage-and-manipulation-in-peer-review/
https://www.advocate.com/news/second-ou-instructor-suspended
UPDATE: grad student no longer teaching https://www.koco.com/article/samantha-fulnecky-professor-graduate-instructor-no-longer-at-ou-oklahoma/69841882
https://pen.org/trumps-compact-for-higher-education-faq/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/17/aap-hhs-funding-rfk/
https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3ma7aivcros2a
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hundreds-of-thousands-of-deaths/
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rumeysa-ozturk-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison?srsltid=AfmBOoqRks5pzgFv2QyjsvuUvNt6E41InSCPQmXwWOoFvxftjMoRvkSy
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