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 threadJoshMay 13, 2025

@davidho @blogdiva Yeah anyone that says this is happening because you need to “message better,” even if well intentioned, is at best wrong.

Science has inherent value. We knew that hundreds of years ago.

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@josh @davidho @blogdiva we lost this knowledge collectively. Maybe we never had it? Before I left excrement-twitter people were cheering doges plans because they think private industry will do science. They don’t fucking understand most of our advancements are built on public research and anti-rival/open standard. Industry only solves last mile problems.
May 13, 2025 at 5:11pmWeb