Niels Van Santen
@nielsvs.bsky.social
PhD student at Ghent University.
Interested in complexity, information theory and networks.
Interested in complexity, information theory and networks.
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8. This has been a short and honestly rather peevish thread, so if you want read more that has been written in a more equanimous tone, here's a short piece that I coauthored a few years ago, precisely about how we deal with this kind of duplicity.
To Fight Misinformation, We Need to Teach That Science Is Dynamic
Science is a social process, and teaching students how researchers work in tandem to develop facts will make them less likely to be duped by falsehoods
www.scientificamerican.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
8. This has been a short and honestly rather peevish thread, so if you want read more that has been written in a more equanimous tone, here's a short piece that I coauthored a few years ago, precisely about how we deal with this kind of duplicity.
You're perhaps conflating science (a practice done by political humans) with knowledge (i.e. quantum mechanics doesn't care about your political beliefs)? To see science as a pure, objective thing is attractive, but it seems like a forced seperation between the practice and the practitioner.
November 22, 2024 at 10:59 AM
You're perhaps conflating science (a practice done by political humans) with knowledge (i.e. quantum mechanics doesn't care about your political beliefs)? To see science as a pure, objective thing is attractive, but it seems like a forced seperation between the practice and the practitioner.
Good to know I'm part of the cool kids in at least one respect!
November 19, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Good to know I'm part of the cool kids in at least one respect!
Great list! Thank you for curating this.
November 14, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Great list! Thank you for curating this.