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The Mueller hearing and the death of facts

  • Written by Lee McIntyre, Research Fellow Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University

Listening to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony on July 24, the nation heard a duel over the facts.

Not what the facts imply, not our response to them, but what the facts are.

Founding Father John Adams once said, “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our...

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