Ed Yong wrote my favourite description of science in one of his Covid-19 articles. "It’s less the parade of decisive blockbuster discoveries that the press often portrays, and more a slow, erratic stumble toward ever less uncertainty."
You're painting prosecutors with a broad brush, AJ. The prosecutor's job is to seek the truth. I suspect, like lightning strikes and sharks, you're only familiar with the ones who are newsworthy because they do something out of the ordinary.
RFK Jr. did not "try" to cut "millions of dollars in research." He DID terminate 2,291 active grants worth $2.45 billion and froze another 1,534 grants. This includes funding for new mRNA vaccines.
I’ll drink to that! ( oh wait…) did MAHA ban that too? Of course not. Too much money in it.
Thank you, A.J., I know you put this sentence in just for me....
"So I don’t want to fetishize this heuristic."
Such a good one!
Cheers, Ann
that is a banger of a final line 🫡
Ed Yong wrote my favourite description of science in one of his Covid-19 articles. "It’s less the parade of decisive blockbuster discoveries that the press often portrays, and more a slow, erratic stumble toward ever less uncertainty."
You're painting prosecutors with a broad brush, AJ. The prosecutor's job is to seek the truth. I suspect, like lightning strikes and sharks, you're only familiar with the ones who are newsworthy because they do something out of the ordinary.
great great musings aj and, of course, now i want to design an emoji for MAHAHA
RFK Jr. did not "try" to cut "millions of dollars in research." He DID terminate 2,291 active grants worth $2.45 billion and froze another 1,534 grants. This includes funding for new mRNA vaccines.
Thank you for the correction. I’ll make the adjustment in the piece.