The dangers of performative scientism as the alternative to anti-scientific policymaking: A critical, preliminary assessment of South Africa’s Covid-19…

RT @sean_m_muller: Catching up on the release of a new book by Salim Abdool Karim, 'Standing Up for Science'. See my comment on his NEJM ar…

Catching up on the release of a new book by Salim Abdool Karim, 'Standing Up for Science'. See my comment on his NEJM article & my article in World Development on the 'performative scientism' that characterised South Africa's Covid-19 response. Art…

@ProfAbdoolKarim @USAmbPEPFAR @JeremyFarrar @PanMacmillanSA @CAPRISAOfficial It is unfortunate you have presented a misleading, and arguably self-serving, picture of South Africa's pandemic response https://t.co/bGS5r9Nxby https://t.co/Y1nfBEnaEw

(3/10) This lead to current South African president over-emphasising his use of scientific evidence and advice during the pandemic in order to provide greater legitimacy to policy responses. Performative scientism became the order of the day. https:/…

RT @pieterstreicher: (4/4) This thread was inspired by Seán M. Muller's paper "The dangers of performative scientism as alternative to ant…

(4/4) This thread was inspired by Seán M. Muller's paper "The dangers of performative scientism as alternative to anti-scientific policy making: A critical, preliminary assessment of South Africa’s Covid-19 response and its consequences." https://t.co/q…

@Corine070 @fl_bart @Klimaatzuster https://t.co/ryekZNo3aT

The dangers of performative scientism as the alternative to anti-scientific policymaking: A critical, preliminary assessment of South Africa's Covid-19 response and its consequences: At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic South Africa was praised for… http…

RT @sutarto99: 'Rarely has there been a more dramatic illustration of the importance for development outcomes of nuanced understandings of…

'Rarely has there been a more dramatic illustration of the importance for development outcomes of nuanced understandings of evidence and expertise for public policy' https://t.co/h99vgGhuFJ https://t.co/eIkhiHLUgD

@Milhouse_Van_Ho @anthonyfurey There's this: https://t.co/bzoU0cDOMi "lockdown has caused serious economic and societal harm across a range of measures... costs have not been matched by proportional benefits in health system preparedness or,... a defini…

And Seán is on here as @peripheralecon with takes.

Finally, someone has invented a phrase (“performative scientism”) to describe the phenomenon by which people who claim to understand science (but don’t) use the phrase “believe science!” as an “argument” for why we should support bad/shoddy/fraudulent sci…

E pensa che se accendi la televisione la fine del mondo sembra prossima

RT @RogerPielkeJr: New paper finds risks of natural disasters going down (1970-2019) for both people and property (even as financial risks…

Ottime notizie. 👇👇

RT @RogerPielkeJr: New paper finds risks of natural disasters going down (1970-2019) for both people and property (even as financial risks…

Terrible consequences of #ClimateChange We have downward trends 📉

RT @RogerPielkeJr: Correct link to this paper: https://t.co/yqBcIWzC76 https://t.co/a8enDIJP2t

@RogerPielkeJr this is not what we have been told! What gives! At least we have data to show what is really happening when so so many try to say the opposite is occurring.

RT @HCashny: This is not the fear we've been sold... https://t.co/jOQjn3hIUc

RT @RogerPielkeJr: Correct link to this paper: https://t.co/yqBcIWzC76

This is not the fear we've been sold...

RT @gbponz: @ramella_f

RT @RogerPielkeJr: New paper finds risks of natural disasters going down (1970-2019) for both people and property (even as financial risks…

RT @RogerPielkeJr: Correct link to this paper: https://t.co/yqBcIWzC76

@ramella_f

Correct link to this paper: https://t.co/yqBcIWzC76

RT @RogerPielkeJr: New paper finds risks of natural disasters going down (1970-2019) for both people and property (even as financial risks…

On va tous mourir !!!

RT @RogerPielkeJr: New paper finds risks of natural disasters going down (1970-2019) for both people and property (even as financial risks…

New paper finds risks of natural disasters going down (1970-2019) for both people and property (even as financial risks increase with more wealth) https://t.co/Un5SSevxJr https://t.co/j0A3UQQ7cF

Great paper. I'd say that, outside SA, the "performative scientism" of white European politicians was , at least, as bad as that of their South African counterparts

RT @vukosi: A paper "The dangers of performative scientism as the alternative to anti-scientific policymaking: A critical, preliminary ass…

A paper "The dangers of performative scientism as the alternative to anti-scientific policymaking: A critical, preliminary assessment of South Africa’s Covid-19 response and its consequences" https://t.co/oYwDQCrgnz

The dangers of performative scientism as the alternative to anti-scientific policymaking: A critical, preliminary assessment of South Africa’s Covid-19 response and its consequences

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