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COVID-19, science and responsibility of the intellectuals
- Author(s):
- Pramod Ranjan (see profile)
- Date:
- 2020
- Group(s):
- Artificial Intelligence, Digital Humanists, Medical Humanities, Political Philosophy & Theory
- Subject(s):
- Religion and science, Pandemics, Electronic surveillance--Social aspects, High technology industries--Political aspects, High technology industries--Social aspects, Caste, Social media, Indian press, COVID-19 (Disease)--Political aspects, Science--Social aspects
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Imperial College, genetically modified (GM) food, religion and superstitions, national lockdown, impact of COVID-19, Unreported Truths about COVID-19 and Lockdowns, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---Influence
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/pba2-ys09
- Abstract:
- The coronavirus-induced lockdown hasn’t just eroded our physical liberty; it has also eroded our intellectual freedom. Our freedom to think has been put under lock and key. Clearly, we are on the threshold of a dangerous phase. Which way we go from here will depend on how soon and how well we gauge the danger and start exploring the ways to counter it. The success or failure of our endeavour will depend on how much time we take to raise questions on the so-called ‘pure sciences’ and experts. We will have to tell the people that the objectivity of science, experts etc. is not beyond reproach. Here, ‘we’ means academicians, writers, journalists and other intellectuals. This is not an easy job for us as we have benefitted from our so-called ‘expertise’ in our respective fields and have, time and again, used it as a weapon to silence the doubters.
- Notes:
- The original article was written in Hindi titled 'विज्ञान और विशेषज्ञता के आतंक के दौर में बुद्धिजीवियों की ज़िम्मेदारी', which was later translated into English and German. Here it is in Hindi (First draft):https://janchowk.com/beech-bahas/at-the-time-of-terrorism-of-science-and-experty-responsibility-of-intellectuals/ (जनज्वार) Here it is in German- Der Offenbarungseid: https://doi.org/10.17613/ttj6-m485 (Rubikon Magazine)
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Online publication
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 1 year ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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