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Menschen, die sagen, sie würden nicht sexistisch oder rassistisch sein, glaube ich meist nicht. Ich muss jeden Tag gegen meinen inneren Rassismus und Sexismus usw kämpfen. Wie einen Muskel muss ich aktiv mit Reflexion und innerer Korrektur dagegen antrainieren.

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The first time I can recall ever having mentioned Peter Doshi <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/crank-conferences-a-parody-of-science-based-medicine-that-can-suck-in-even-reputable-scientists-and-institutions/">was in 2009</a>, when he spoke at an antivaccine conference hosted by Barbara Loe Fisher’s National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) and, when contacted about it, responded with a transparent, “my speaking there does not imply endorsement”.

What the heck happened to The BMJ? | Science-Based Medicine

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In other words, both science and technology are socially constructed cultures and bring to bear whatever cultural resources are appropriate for the purposes at hand.

The Social Construction of Technological Systems : New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology

Wiebe E. Bijker, Thomas Parke Hughes, Trevor Pinch

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