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#268 – Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology

Mar 5, 2022 · 2:55:20
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  • Historian of science Robert Proctor examines how Nazi ideology infiltrated German science and the dangers of pseudoscientific justifications for genocide
  • Discusses the concept of 'agnotology' (creation of ignorance) and how science was weaponized by the Nazi regime for political purposes
  • Explores how ideological bias corrupts scientific objectivity and the historical lessons for preventing the misuse of science in service of evil

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Robert Proctor
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