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...