Physicist Lawrence Krauss talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about why identity politics should be kept out of science

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Physicist Lawrence Krauss talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about why identity politics should be kept out of science

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Jul 4, 2020

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Renowned physicist Lawrence Krauss talks to Jonathan Kay about his Quillette essay Racism Is Real. But Science Isn’t the Problem and explains why he expressed skepticism about the sincerity of the #strike4blacklives campaign supported by so many science organisations.

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Jul 4, 2020

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Quillette is an online magazine founded by Australian writer Claire Lehmann. The publication has a primary focus on science, technology, news, culture, and politics.

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Physicist Lawrence Krauss talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about why identity politics should be kept out of science

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