Mistakes of the Masters: the problem with Chief Scientific Officers
A Frenchman who arrives in London, will find philosophy, like everything else, very much changed there. He had left the world a plenum, and he now finds it a vacuum. At Paris the universe is seen composed of vortices of...
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Scientists (mis)understanding the public(s), again!
In this blog we frequently lament the fact that politicians, policy makers and health educators seem to largely ignore various insights gained from social scientists and humanities over the past several decades. To this illustrious list I now add the...
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Science, Media and Ethics: an uneasy mix?
Is it possible to ‘sell science’ responsibly? It has been argued by many that much science reporting is based on fanciful and emotive news headlines that can misrepresent a story in order to draw readers in. Important strides have been...
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Critique, culture and crisis