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Prof. Simon Schaffer (HPS)
Tuesday 28 October 2014, 18:15-19:15
Why Trust Public Experiments?
- 👤 Speaker: Prof. Simon Schaffer (HPS)
- 📅 Date & Time: Tuesday 28 October 2014, 18:15 - 19:15
- 📍 Venue: Winstanley Lecture Theatre
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Abstract
The talk discusses the problems in winning public trust for scientific claims through public demonstrations, and explores how the historical background of these kinds of trials has changed. It is often claimed that public sciences have unfortunately lost authority, and in cases such as anthropogenic climate change or genetic modification it is now unusually difficult to establish proper acknowledgment of facts and evidence. Some histories of the sciences and their publics may help clarify what is at stake in these controversies.
Series This talk is part of the Trinity College Science Society (TCSS) series.
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