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The Politicization of Science: A Conversation with Dorian Abbot, Anna Krylov, David Romps, and Bernhardt Trout
The Politicization of Science: A Conversation with Dorian Abbot, Anna Krylov, David Romps, and Bernhardt Trout
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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
May 11, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
How are hiring and admissions decisions made in the hard sciences if not by merit? What are the risks of allowing science to be politicized? Professors Dorian Abbot (University of Chicago), Anna Krylov (University of Southern California), David Romps (University of California, Berkeley), and Bernhardt Trout (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), join the show to answer these questions and others.
Resources:
Dorian Abbot "The Views That Made Me Persona Non Grata at MIT"
Yascha Mounk "Why the Latest Campus Cancellation Is Different"
Bret Stephens, "What Does a University Owe Democracy?"
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Resources:
Dorian Abbot "The Views That Made Me Persona Non Grata at MIT"
Yascha Mounk "Why the Latest Campus Cancellation Is Different"
Bret Stephens, "What Does a University Owe Democracy?"
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Released:
May 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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