Abstract:This article presents the position of science in the post-truth world. In a society subject to manipulation, knowledge is treated instrumentally as a useful gadget that must fit in with previously accepted theses. Manipulators appeal to a so-called retrotopia in order to fuel emotions and gain support for the authorities implementing absurd visions of reality. This places the creators of science in the role of objects, and consumers of science in a mindless, submissive situation. The position of science is als… Show more
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