Freddie Sayers meets Matthew B. Crawford. Read the full article: https://unherd.com/2021/05/how-science-has-been-corrupted/ Listen to the podcast version: https://shows.acast.com/lockdowntv-with-freddie-sayers/matthew-b-crawford-how-science-turned-political ‘Following the science’ is a phrase that we have heard a lot of this year, but what does it actually mean? Over the past year, science has shifted from a mode of inquiry to a form of authority that you are not allowed to question in fear of being labelled ‘anti-science’. To understand how and why this has occurred, we spoke to philosopher and writer Matthew B. Crawford, who has a full-length piece in UnHerd on this very subject. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ // TIMECODES // 00:24 - 01:43 - Intro 01:43 - 04:41 - Political legitimacy in a pandemic 04:41 - 10:01 - Science vs scientism 10:01 - 12:44 - The crisis of scientific authority 12:44 - 16:10 - Commercial science 16:10 - 19:18 - Climate-gate 19:18 - 21:21 - Scientific and moral knowledge monopoly 21:21 - 27:21 - Morality as a public health problem 27:21 - 30:47 - Over-scepticism 30:47 - 33:38 - China 33:38 - 35:47 - Politics of fear 35:47 - 41:06 - Society post-pandemic #UnHerd #MatthewCrawford #Lockdown