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Take Nobody's Word For It: How Science Lost Its Founding Virtue

Context with Brad Harris by Brad Harris

May 13, 202631:53History

"Trust the science" is a phrase Robert Boyle would have found horrifying. The Royal Society he co-founded in 1660 inscribed exactly the opposite principle on its coat of arms: Nullius in verba — take nobody's word for it...

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Take Nobody's Word For It: How Science Lost Its Founding Virtue is an episode from Context with Brad Harris by Brad Harris. "Trust the science" is a phrase Robert Boyle would have found horrifying. The Royal Society he co-founded in 1660 in...

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Published May 13, 2026, 31:53 long, audio available.