Daily: SCIENCE strikes back

<p>&nbsp;How did evidence-based science end up playing second fiddle to demagoguery and populism? And what can we do about it? <strong>Prof</strong> <strong>Luke O’Neill, </strong>professor of biochemistry and COVID immunologist at Trinity College Dublin, has written a book with the admirably direct title <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Never-Mind-cks-Heres-Science/dp/0717186393" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Science</em></a>. He tells <strong>Justin Quirk</strong> why we need to fight a rearguard action for science’s primacy in politics, the dirty history of antiscience agitation, and why COVID could be the best thing in decades for the march of reason. </p><p><br></p><p><em>“Science should never be an opinion. It should be a conclusion.” </em></p><p><em>“Once the data becomes a roar, you can’t ignore it.” </em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Presented by Justin Quirk. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>