This is a little off topic so apologies, but I was watching a documentary on nasa's project mercury last night, and one thing that struck me was how pro science the "america first" crowd was.
Framing it as a competition for supremacy against other countries really seemed to get people with different political views to unite.
I'm not advocating for returning to the political and social climate of the 50's and 60's, there's a lot of obvious problems in that time period too. But it was striking to realize how intertwined politics, society, and science was, and still is.
It makes me think the solution to today's anti science bias isn't just "educate more".
Framing it as a competition for supremacy against other countries really seemed to get people with different political views to unite.
I'm not advocating for returning to the political and social climate of the 50's and 60's, there's a lot of obvious problems in that time period too. But it was striking to realize how intertwined politics, society, and science was, and still is.
It makes me think the solution to today's anti science bias isn't just "educate more".