A good read relevant to our discussion of alt-facts, as well as some of what Latour wrote about re: falsification and honesty in science:
The Deep Denialism of Donald Trump
"Politics doesn’t belong in a test tube; neither viruses nor bacteria are members of political parties. Scientists have often been wrong, but nothing has propelled our world forward more successfully or rapidly than the scientific method, based as it is on independent inquiry and a reliance on data that can be observed, tested, analyzed, and repeated.
That essential modern project—one of passionate inquiry and personal detachment—is now in doubt."
--Jake
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