David HoMay 13, 2025

I've heard colleagues say that the solution to what's happening to American science is for scientists to communicate the value of science better. That's false. Trump is doing a lot of unpopular things, including destroying the science enterprise. What's happening is not our fault.

Most people believe in the values of democracy, but those values are being assaulted by this administration every day. 1/2

Show threadRobin Barton
@davidho The Anglo-Saxon world has a long history of anti-intellectualism and this is just the latest iteration of this refusal to accept experts. We see this in the low standards of elementary and high school education and at university level.
May 13, 2025 at 4:59pmWeb