Science is Losing the Battle for Rationality

Science under siege

A conversation with Peter Hotez and Michael Mann on science under siege, hosted via Paul Krugman's Substack, is the linked source for this note.

Why it matters: when anti-science politics wins, vaccines, climate policy, and evidence-based regulation all weaken.

Listen to or read the talk for the threat model. Readers should treat defense of scientific institutions as democratic maintenance, not a niche academic interest.