{"id":7444,"date":"2025-09-07T07:40:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?p=7444"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:48:03","slug":"simpson-et-al-when-facts-become-optional-confronting-the-rise-of-anti-science-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?p=7444","title":{"rendered":"Simpson et al . When facts become optional: confronting the rise of anti-science culture."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Simpson P; Eastwood K; Batt AM; Eaton G; Lindstrom V; Tavares W. When Facts Become Optional: Confronting the Rise of Anti-Science Culture. <em>Paramedicine<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/27536386251374822\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/27536386251374822<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent times, the international scientific community has found itself confronting a series of unprecedented challenges characterised by the erosion of scientific autonomy through political interference, ideological suppression, and growing anti-intellectual sentiment.1 While paramedicine is often seen as a relatively small discipline within the broader spectrum of health sciences, our profession has both a stake in, and a responsibility to respond to these developments with clarity and resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/250905-Simpson-Anti-Science-Editorial.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 250905 Simpson Anti-Science Editorial.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3487d6fa-44b4-4af2-9310-f3ce5ef7b958\" href=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/250905-Simpson-Anti-Science-Editorial.pdf\">250905 Simpson Anti-Science Editorial<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/250905-Simpson-Anti-Science-Editorial.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3487d6fa-44b4-4af2-9310-f3ce5ef7b958\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simpson P; Eastwood K; Batt AM; Eaton G; Lindstrom V; Tavares W. When Facts Become Optional: Confronting the Rise of Anti-Science Culture. Paramedicine. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/27536386251374822 In recent times, the international scientific community has found itself confronting a series of unprecedented challenges characterised by the erosion of scientific autonomy through political interference, ideological suppression, and growing anti-intellectual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[72,70,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-battlab","category-frontpage","category-publications"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector.jpg",1920,1920,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-1024x1024.jpg",1024,1024,true],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-1536x1536.jpg",1536,1536,true],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector.jpg",1920,1920,false],"kubio-fullhd":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-1080x1080.jpg",1080,1080,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Alan","author_link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Simpson P; Eastwood K; Batt AM; Eaton G; Lindstrom V; Tavares W. 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