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Douglas Haynes / Science is Politics

Click above to listen to part 2 of Skeptic Check: Political Scientist, featuring Douglas Haynes, historian of medicine and science at University of California, Irvine, explaining how intertwined science is with politics and why it’s unrealistic to think of them as separate domains.

Skeptic Check: Political Scientist:
Part 1: Robert Young / Bad Strategy
Part 2: Douglas Haynes / Science is Politics
Part 3: Michael Mann / Activist Scientist
Part 4: Shaughnessy Naugton / 314 Action
Part 5: Alex Berezow / A Centrist’s Concern

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