We Have A Major Problem With Potemkin Science
Our shared understanding of the world is melting into goo
A “Potemkin village” refers to a situation in which someone constructs an illusion to impress someone else. In the original story, this served a political purpose. As Wikipedia tells us:
In 1787, as a new war was about to break out between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, Catherine II, with her court and several ambassadors, made an unprecedented six-month…
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