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The Imaginary "War on Science"—and the Real One

26 December 2025 2:42:26 Liberal Currents

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Trent and Caitlin talk with philosophy of science expert Nathan Oseroff-Spicer about his review of the book "The War On Science," how the book misses the mark, what strategies its authors use to downplay the threats from the right and fabricate a threat from the left, and what motivations could possibly lead thirty-nine scholars to create such a meritless collection of propaganda under the leadership of someone like known pest Lawrence Krauss.


Resources:


https://www.liberalcurrents.com/wars-on-science-real-and-otherwise/


https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/warscience/


https://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/administration/breaking-this-hurts-unl-eliminates-4-programs-despite-faculty-student-pleas/article_e0d11a61-0fcc-4e66-b364-d16e89bea336.html


https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-chatbot-journal-research-fake-citations-1235485484/


https://blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/13/llm-usage-and-manipulation-in-peer-review/


https://www.advocate.com/news/second-ou-instructor-suspended


https://www.facebook.com/OUNightlyTV/posts/pfbid02nieL7PmXwUDAnNcHzK9HLBWdCQ1EyjA7S1pDvrRxEaGw7qkqAR3oGtjXwFXkb4KBl


UPDATE: grad student no longer teaching https://www.koco.com/article/samantha-fulnecky-professor-graduate-instructor-no-longer-at-ou-oklahoma/69841882


https://pen.org/trumps-compact-for-higher-education-faq/


https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-pares-down-grant-review-process-reducing-influence-outside-scientists


https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/17/aap-hhs-funding-rfk/


https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3ma7aivcros2a


https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hundreds-of-thousands-of-deaths/

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rumeysa-ozturk-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison?srsltid=AfmBOoqRks5pzgFv2QyjsvuUvNt6E41InSCPQmXwWOoFvxftjMoRvkSy


https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-releases-palestinian-student-at-columbia-who-was-arrested-at-citizenship-interview


https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/11/20/columbia-denies-mahmoud-khalil-sipa-24-campus-access-for-planned-events-citing-security-reasons/


https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-emails-reveal-ties-to-prominent-scientists/

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