Andy Revkin (@revkin): "Some science writers long ago formed an American Tentative Society to propagate healthy skepticism facing attractive new ideas."

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Apr 11, 2025

Some science writers long ago formed an American Tentative Society to propagate healthy skepticism facing attractive new ideas.

"There is a hazard when we learn anything…. We may become prisoners of our own dogma.. arrogant in defense of some outmoded ‘truth.’"

Andy Revkin

Apr 11

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