Let's Destroy American Science (opens in new tab)

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34 pointsvoxadam8d ago27 comments

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ETH_start8d ago· 3 in thread

Given the ideological capture of American science, I don't see how it gets saved without a drastic overhaul of the kind this administration is pushing. We now have conferences about decolonizing scientific disciplines, which is absurd. These fields are filled with people who believe in censorship and are completely dogmatic about whether this kind of ideology should be part of their disciplines at all. It's hard to even have a dialogue about it because the people pushing this stuff refuse to entertain any real criticism of their core principles.

habinero8d ago

Mmm. What have you done to make sure you're not letting your ideology lead you into misinformation and misunderstanding?

In my experience, people who get mad about "decolonization" tend to either not understand what's actually being discussed or they got ragebaited by something inconsequential that they've blown up to ridiculous proportions.

I assume you don't think you're somehow immune from this phenomenon?

ETH_start8d ago

To be clear, the only ideology that belongs in science is the pursuit of objective truth. Not my views on economic growth and technological progress, and not the push for equity or other political goals. Once you start requiring anything beyond finding out what's true, you're bringing a non-scientific ideology into science. You're essentially masquarading political activism as science, which discredits the whole enterprise

throwawaypath8d ago

In my experience, people who get mad about "decolonization" tend to either fully understand what's actually being discussed or they got ragebaited by something consequential that they've blown up to rational proportions.

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ddahlen8d ago

You can put in a public comment on these changes here:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10...

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