Nima Bassiri examines the rise of anti-science in Western politics, asserting that traditional educational efforts may not suffice to counteract skepticism toward scientific truths. He highlights how concepts of critique and critical theory are perceived as fostering a complex relationship with scientific authority, suggesting that the ideal of universal truth may actually obscure unequal access to that truth. The article discusses how this perceived hierarchy can threaten democratic principles, presenting a paradox where scientific truth appears democratic but operates within a constrained, hierarchical framework.
As Bassiri argues, the virulence of anti-scientific conduct may not be cured through mechanisms of educative hygiene alone, for such behaviours are not opposed to, but actually intimately bound up with the nature of scientific authority and to the conduct-inciting truth regimes upon which that authority rests.
The presumption of truth's democratic nature is based on the idea that truth is universal and can be accessed by everyone. However, not everyone has the same form of access to scientific truth.
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