Carl papper was in part trying to refute communism as as a scientific idea. He became kind of, i would say, be fair to say, almost fixated in proving that it wasn't scientific. And there was lots of good empirical evidence to show that the russian economy wasn't working well. I mean, why do you also have to worry about whether markism is scientific or not?
In this interview, based on her landmark book, Why Trust Science?, historian of science Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength — and the greatest reason we can trust it. Drawing vital lessons from cases where scientists got it wrong, Oreskes shows how consensus is a crucial indicator of when a scientific matter has been settled, and when the knowledge produced is likely to be trustworthy.