The politicization of science – the infusion of ideology into the scientific enterprise – threatens the ability of science to serve humanity. Today, the greatest such threat comes from a set of ideological viewpoints collectively referred to as Critical Social Justice (CSJ). This contribution describes how CSJ has detrimentally affected scientific publishing by means of social engineering, censorship, and the suppression of scholarship.
Anna Krylov, a chemistry professor, has published several pieces on how left/woke ideology is undermining science. Here's her latest.
She gives examples of four main issues:
1. Policing of language.
Ever longer list of forbidden words like "healthy weight". pic.twitter.com/eJyfiapYOZ
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