Science policy in the United States: The Legacy of John Quincy Adams

Dupree, A. Hunter

doi:10.1007/bf01096291

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“…It illustrates how corporations fabricate evidence that challenges scientific consensus, showing how a billion-dollar tech company boss hires his own scientists to undermine the studies of Dr. Mindy and his PhD candidate Kate Dibiasky [Oreskes & Conway, 2010]. It references the affinity of anti-science resentment and populism, showing how President Orlean and her team slander Mindy and Dibiasky using populist rhetoric [Mede & Schäfer, 2020] and gather in an Oval Office that has a portrait of the anti-establishment science skeptic Andrew Jackson [Dupree, 1990]. It describes how public controversies about scientific research may fuel societal polarization, showing televised opinion poll results indicating that the population is divided as to whether the comet exists [Rekker, 2021].…”

Section: How Don't Look Up Portrays Contemporary Anti-science Resentm...mentioning

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Science communication in the face of skepticism, populism, and ignorance: what ‘Don’t Look Up’ tells us about science denial — and what it doesn’t

Mede¹

2022

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‘Don’t Look Up’ tells the story of a team of astrophysicists whose efforts to warn politicians, media makers, and the public about an apocalyptic comet impact on planet Earth are undermined by fundamental skepticism toward their expertise. On the one hand, the film offers a rich portrayal of contemporary anti-science sentiments, their societal conditions, and the media and communication ecology surrounding them. But on the other hand, ‘Don’t Look Up’ ignores and exaggerates several facets of those sentiments and the communicative settings in which they spread. This commentary analyzes this contrast through a science communication lens: it scrutinizes the (mis)representation of science denial and science communication in ‘Don’t Look Up’ — and aims to inspire further debate about portrayals of anti-science phenomena and potential remedies within popular media.

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Science communication in the face of skepticism, populism, and ignorance: what ‘Don’t Look Up’ tells us about science denial — and what it doesn’t

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2022

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“…Hunter Dupree expressed his frustration that in 1983 President Ronald Reagan informed only six people (including physicist Edward Teller) about his decision to proceed with "Star Wars," the Strategic Defense Initiative, one of the most significant and costly sciencetechnology initiatives of his administration. 108 For Dupree, Reagan had failed to honor the traditional pattern of science advising in the United States and bypassed talented experts available to him. Yet it is now clear that this was not the first time that a strong president in the imperial presidency had conducted an operation with just a few highest-level confidants, against the wishes of a research community that did not believe the tool worked.…”

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