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Sep 2021
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Stephen Fry on Current Events | Self-Cen...

Lawrence M. Krauss
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Lawrence Krauss and Stephen Fry have a conversation about recent disconcerting news that several scientific publications and associations are self-censoring scientific publications and data for fear of offending people, even if no offense is intended.. something that concerns both of them, and should concern all of us.

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