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Was Benjamin Franklin America’s First Scientist?

The Michael Shermer Show

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Addressing Franklin’s critics and contested legacy

Skousen acknowledges critics like Murray Rothbard and defends Franklin’s opportunism, ego, and complex historical role.

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