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Tag: history of science

The paradoxical virtues of primacy in science

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Primacy is a false virtue imposed by the structures of modern science – yet it is also necessary to right some wrongs.

March 28, 2022 Analysis, Science

On anticipation and the history of science

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In mid-2012, shortly after physicists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe had announced the discovery […]

January 10, 2022 Scicomm, Science

Trump, science denial and violence

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For a few days last week, before the mail-in votes had been counted in the US, the contest […]

November 7, 2020 Science

The real story of ‘The Old Guard’

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Spoiler alert: Don’t read this post if you intend to watch The Old Guard but haven’t done so […]

July 25, 2020 Analysis, Science

A great discussion on the history of India’s tech.

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On February 27, the Bangalore International Centre and Carnegie India hosted a panel discussion around Midnight Machines, the […]

March 6, 2020 Analysis, Science

Retrospective: The Wire Science in 2019

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At the start of 2019, The Wire Science decided to focus more on issues of science and society, and […]

December 28, 2019 Op-eds, Scicomm, Science

Scientism is not ‘nonsense’

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The @realscientists rocur account on Twitter took a surprising turn earlier today when its current curator, Teresa Ambrosio, […]

October 24, 2019 Science

‘Nothing in the history of science is ever simple’

Once I finished Steven Weinberg’s book Dreams of a Final Theory, I figured I’d write a long-winding review about what […]

January 21, 2015 Scicomm
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