Lex Fridman | Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology | Lex Fridman Podcast #268 @lexfridman | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
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EPISODE LINKS:
Robert's Website: https://history.stanford.edu/people/robert-n-proctor
The Nazi War on Cancer (book): amzn.to/3hjYzdZ
Agnotology (book): amzn.to/3viS8A1

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
4:08 - Ideology and science
15:43 - Wernher von Braun
22:49 - The scientific process
32:52 - Censorship
42:05 - Anthony Fauci
47:16 - Courage in science
54:35 - Tobacco industry
1:18:21 - Nazi medicine
1:28:30 - The Nazi War on Cancer
1:33:43 - Science funding
1:44:37 - Ignorance
1:52:17 - Ideology in academia
1:58:37 - Human origins
2:08:30 - Hobbies
2:15:48 - Diversity in the universe
2:19:23 - Stones
2:28:18 - Conspiracy theories
2:32:28 - Nazi impact on Soviet science
2:37:43 - Nazi tobacco industry's denial campaign
2:41:58 - Hope for the future
2:44:32 - Meaning of life

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