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Is American #science still bold?
From moonshot discoveries to funding pressures and COVID-era failures, our debaters clash over whether today’s scientific enterprise is built for breakthrough thinking or constrained by risk aversion.
Featuring Kate Biberdorf, Brandon Ogbunu, The Honorable Sethuraman Panchanathan, and Tyler Cowen.
Presented by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Open To Debate, as part of the #HopkinsForum series.
Is American #science still bold?
From moonshot discoveries to funding pressures and COVID-era failures, our debaters clash over whether today’s scientific enterprise is built for breakthrough thinking or constrained by risk aversion.
Featuring Kate Biberdorf, Brandon Ogbunu, The Honorable Sethuraman Panchanathan, and Tyler Cowen.
Presented by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Open To Debate, as part of the #HopkinsForum series.
