Minding the Sciences

Minding the Campus is doubling down on our scrutiny of the sciences with this series, “Minding the Sciences.” In this ongoing series, we delve into topics like wokeism in STEM, scientific ethics, research funding, climate science, scientific organizations, and much more.

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Let’s Restore Integrity to 21st-Century Science

Described as a man who “always projected ‘moral and ethical rectitude,’” esteemed mid-1800s glacial geologist Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin once made a profound statement at the 1888 University of Michigan Annual Commencement: “Falsity in intellectual action is intellectual immorality.” This statement appears to ring ever truer when one considers recent trends in 21st-century science. Before diving […]

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