No Hypothesis, Just Hype

If we no longer believe in the character of the scientist, then the knowledge they produce loses its public legitimacy.

April 17, 2025

🍎your Scholarly Digest 17th April, 2025

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Hi Scholar,

Tomorrow, April 18th, is the 70th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s death. The only reason we’re telling you this is because there’s a weird story about what happened to his brain after he died (it’s this week’s Keeping It Real) and we needed a good reason to include it in the Letter.

BRAIN FOOD

The Scientist in The Mirror

Whether there is solid public trust in science has been an important topic of discussion in recent years. We rely on the authority of scientific knowledge to inform decisions that influence our lives on everything from climate policy to public health. But what happens when that trust begins to erode?

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