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#268 – Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The History of Scientists Become Good Communicators

The last original contribution to science written entirely in the form of a poem is. Buffon's loves of the plants and following that in the 18th century you get the uglification of science with the idea being that if you are clear and if you speak beautifully if you write beautifully you're hiding something, he says. "There's a long history of dirty bad science that you don't solve just by saying we should have trusted it" 'I was very important' I think people like scientists are just like upset that they have to do like better work at communicating now. They used to be lazy... You know there's so many good points there the on the scientists becoming good communicators

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