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#268 – Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Connection Between Ideology and Science
We tend to think of science and ideology as completely separate when I think the reality is there not. If you look at why the Mayans in the seventh and eighth century AD had the world's most accurate calendar within 17 seconds per year. That was all part of a ritual practice to celebrate the rise of Kukulkan, the rise of the Venus with what's called the Heliachal rising. So where's the ideology? Where's the science? All in the service of this magical moment. And I think that's true of a lot of science.
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