When science was the best show in America
This is a little off topic so apologies, but I was watching a documentary on nasa&#x27;s project mercury last night, and one thing that struck me was how pro science the &quot;america first&quot; crowd was.<p>Framing it as a competition for supremacy against other countries really seemed to get people with different political views to unite.<p>I&#x27;m not advocating for returning to the political and social climate of the 50&#x27;s and 60&#x27;s, there&#x27;s a lot of obvious problems in that time period too. But it was striking to realize how intertwined politics, society, and science was, and still is.<p>It makes me think the solution to today&#x27;s anti science bias isn&#x27;t just &quot;educate more&quot;.