The message of this impressive 42-minute documentary from German Public Television (DW) is crystal clear: when We The People allow large business corporations to participate in scientific research, or in the funding of that research, the outcome is inevitable. A fundamental lack of transparency in the research itself and the actual results of that research. The only viable solution is to prohibit any involvement whatsoever – by business corporations or their not-for-profit associations – in scientific research. Not regulation. Prohibition.
As this documentary illustrates, we’ve known already for decades that the mass die-off of bees is caused by the introduction of new neonicotinoid pesticides in agriculture, and yet because of corporate science aimed primarily to confuse the public and paralyze policy makers, those pesticides are still killing bees across the world. The documentary describes many examples where a corporation’s primary goal is to generate “strategic ignorance”.
The climate emergency, coronavirus, tobacco, contraceptive pills, asbestos, acid rain, GMO’s, and so many other urgent issues, are all examples of how corporate confusionism operates in science. It has to stop. Let’s ban corporate involvement in scientific research, before it’s too late.
~Paul Cienfuegos, CRUS founding director
DW or Deutsche Welle (German: [ˈdɔɪ̯.t͡ʃə ˈvɛ.lə] (
listen); “German wave” in German) or DW is a German public state-owned international broadcaster.
From DW Documentary Youtube description:
Asbestos, climate change, 5G, coronavirus – the public is caught in a battle for the truth. Science is being manipulated and undermined to sway opinion and create doubt. What are the mechanisms behind it all?
Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and widely shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly challenged.
It’s no longer surprising to see private corporations put strategies in place to confuse public debate and paralyze political decision-making. Why did it take decades to classify tobacco as harmful? Why do people still deny human involvement in climate change? Overwhelmed by an excess of information, how can we, as citizens, sort out fact from fiction?
One by one, this film dismantles the machinations that aim to turn science against itself. With the help of declassified archives and testimonies from experts, lobbyists and politicians, this investigation plunges us into the science of doubt. Along with a team of experts, including philosophers, economists, cognitive scientists, politicians, and scholars, we explore concrete examples of how doubt can be sown, and try to understand the process. #science #5G #conspiracy #documentary #dwdocumentary
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