Quality or speed? Scientists face Covid-19 dilemma Published on Share
The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed science and research to the fore. But the unprecedented influence it currently wields over politics and public life has a downside: the crisis demands quick answers that risk scientists’ credibility.
“Since the start of the pandemic there has been a veritable tsunami of scientific publications about Sars-CoV-2,” says Subhra Priyadarshini, editor-in-chief of
Nature India. She recently took part in an online discussion about science communications organised by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.
Worldwide, as much as 4% of all scientific publications in 2020 had to do with Covid-19,
Quality or speed? Scientists face Covid-19 dilemma
There was a heated debate in parliament about whether only Martin Ackermann, president of the National Covid-19 Science Taskforce, should be allowed to speak publicly about Covid-19. In the end parliament decided against this. Keystone / Peter Schneider
The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed science and research to the fore. But the unprecedented influence it currently wields over politics and public life has a downside: the crisis demands quick answers that risk scientists’ credibility.
This content was published on April 29, 2021 - 09:00
April 29, 2021 - 09:00
Christian Raaflaub
“Since the start of the pandemic there has been a veritable tsunami of scientific publications about Sars-CoV-2,” says Subhra Priyadarshini, editor-in-chief of
Why Postmodernism Is Incompatible with a Politics of Liberty
Postmodernism lends itself to totalitarianism
Once beliefs aren t constrained by the object world, an idea can t be wrong, and the intellectual battleground becomes a political one, a struggle to impose certain ideas on all
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The proposition debated was “Postmodern philosophy is compatible with a politics of individual liberty.” Thaddeus defended the proposition and I opposed it. Here, I want to flesh out some of the points I made in the debate, adding more context than I could marshal under the constraints of the format. For better or worse, this requires a somewhat deep dive into postmodern ideas.
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