In the section: "Science"

This section brings together all the analyses classified under this theme.
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Andreas Bikfalvi

Progressive Myths and Reactionary Myths in Ideologized Research

These are some examples of blind spots on the part of intelligent and well-intentioned individuals. Ultimately, it takes very little to overcome these blind spots: one must find the courage to assert moral clarity and to resolutely oppose all ideas or ideologies that exalt lies and post-truth. This requires real consistency in the defense of the truth, in the face of attacks from all political horizons, whether it is the invention of a mythified past or the fantasy of a utopian future.

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Andreas Bikfalvi 10th December 2024
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Jacques-Robert

Academic freedom and self-censorship

Academic freedom requires that we be free to choose our research topics, but like any freedom, it must be framed. The first limitation lies in our conscience, as we have known since Rabelais. As a doctor and researcher, I cannot choose a research topic that would undermine the integrity of people. But…

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Jacques-Robert 3th November 2024
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Jean Rohmer

Should Alice Recoque be placed in the Pantheon? A Little Manual of De-Invisibility

This text discusses the effectiveness of the book “Who Wanted to Erase Alice Recoque?” published in February 2024, which quickly rehabilitated Alice Recoque, a pioneer of computer science and artificial intelligence, by generating a large media and political momentum. Recoque, born in 1929 and died in 2021, is known for her role in the design of French computers in the 1950s and 70s. The book, driven by a theory of the invisibility of women in the history of science, and amplified by influential figures, led to the decision to name a European supercomputer after her in 2024. The text analyzes how a well-orchestrated narrative strategy can transform a forgotten subject into a major public figure, and the literary mechanisms of disinvisibility used in it.

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Jean Rohmer September 27, 2024
Decolonialism
Nathalie Heinich

When sociologists legitimize riots

No sociologist who cares about preserving a minimum of dignity and credibility for the latter can identify with a group that dishonors itself in this way. As for those who support this distressing motion, we suggest that they reserve their activism for the radical left, whose positions they are thus borrowing. A text signed by:
Alain EHRENBERG
​​​​​​​Monique DAGNAUD
​​​​​​​Julien DAMON
​​​​​​​Olivier GALLAND
Nathalie HEINICH
Philippe d'IRIBARNE
​​​​​​​Jean-Claude KAUFMANN
​​​​​​​Michel MESSU
​​​​​​​Dominique SCHNAPPER

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Nathalie Heinich 10th August 2023
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Jacques-Robert

Hide this word that I cannot see!

Tribalism? How awful! The editor, Samir Shah, made amends in April 2021 for allowing this article to be published, which he retracted and republished under a different title! And the new article replaced tribalism with silo

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Jacques-Robert 15th June 2023
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Collective

Anatomy of a Scientific Scandal

Medical journals as a whole are about to be subjected to such ideological capture, if they have not already succumbed to it. It has become virtually impossible to publish results that contradict the dominant model of care for transgender youth.

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Collective 15th June 2023
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Common Places (Collective)

Mapping anti-Enlightenment movements

This mapping attempts to organize in a coherent manner the major ideological currents which oppose modernity on its two principles, autonomy (a common world subject to criticism) and sovereignty (a democratic society).

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Common Places (Collective) 15th June 2023
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Florence Bergeaud-Blackler

Response to Haoues Seniguer by anthropologist Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, research officer (HDR) CNRS

The Mizane magazine published an interview with Haoues Seniguer entitled "Le frérisme et ses réseaux, "un essai saturated de jugements de valeur" (Frarianism and its networks), "an essay saturated with value judgments" in which she intends to "evaluate" the scientific value of my work. The political scientist, who had already attracted attention in February at the tribune of Musulmans de France, lent himself to the game. Here is the response from anthropologist Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, research fellow (HDR) CNRS.

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Florence Bergeaud-Blackler 20th May 2023