Freedom of speech and freedom of conscience are cornerstones of both science and democratic government.
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Both require decision-making based on rational assessment of facts in the marketplace of ideas.
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Neither is safe when the marketplace of ideas is (a) fact-free or (b) truth-optional.
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One of the great ironies is that the future of decision-making based on reason, whether in science or in democratic government, is critically endangered not by our inability to teach math and science, ...
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... but rather by our failure to teach history and literature.