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Politicized science drove lunar exploration and Stalinist pseudoscience – but polarized scientific views are worse than ever

  • Written by Liv Grjebine, Postdoctoral Fellow in History of Science, Harvard University
Politicized science drove lunar exploration and Stalinist pseudoscience – but polarized scientific views are worse than everPresident Trump frequently and loudly disagreed with scientists. AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File

Last year one of my students in a history of science class commented that “no one knows which doctors to trust because they are politicizing the pandemic, just like politicians are.” The interactions between science and politics are now so...

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