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#268 – Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology

Lex Fridman Podcast

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What Does It Take to Be a Great Scientist?

I admire basically everybody and I admire scientists a lot but there's something about Anthony Fauci that bothers me. If you've taken him full context I understand the point he's making which is when people attack him they think of him as representing science things like that. What does it take to be a great scientific leader in difficult times? Like these and maybe you could say Nazi Germany was similar when there's obviously like youAnthony Fauci just like scientific leaders during Nazi Germany could have made a difference. It feels like positive and negative so it's like there's a lot of stake in terms of scientific leadership.

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