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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 organ...

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...

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 Image Credit: Email 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 ...