In the social media age, scientists and institutions like university are as vulnerable to this kind of peer pressure. And I'd rather like those heroic scientists who go off on their own and don't need grants and just get on with their research. The other aspect of protecting scientists is universities. It feels like recently universities have not been good at defending their own when they come under assault by a lynch mob.
UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with Richard Dawkins to discuss God, vaccines and his poetic spirit.
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