A Victory for Scientific Pragmatism
In an emergency, the “gold” standard of evidence may not be the wise one.
A More Political Science
What is science’s rightful place? How should we govern technology?
What is science’s rightful place? How should we govern technology?
In an emergency, the “gold” standard of evidence may not be the wise one.
Covid has laid bare our warehousing attitude toward the elderly. Have we forgotten what aging is for?
On overinterpreting Covid studies for clicks
In its quest to meet the “gold standard,” academic medicine has put Covid patients at risk.
On assisted suicide, the medical profession ducks behind “neutrality.”
How the man who vanquished polio won the public’s love but never the respect of his peers
