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Precognition of Ep. 96: Oppenheimer’s Rhetoric

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Upward Pull of the Stacies

Public arguments that scientists make at the lower staces of fact definition are heard as value judgments and policy recommendations. Take for example, the argument that the u.N. Inter governmental panel and climate change made in their second assessment report in 19 five. That's a statement of cause and effect, straight up. No value addit. And yet, can you hear it? The ghost of a value judgment, that global warming is bad and we should stop it? If you felt that, if youheard that at all, that's the upward pull of the stacies at work. So what does this mean for science advisers? It means the izot problem has made them a true devil

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