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Is the Scientific Enterprise Too Risk-Averse?

Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates by Open to Debate

May 14, 202653:15News & Politics

Modern science has given us the ability to edit our genes, life-saving vaccines, and glimpse the origins of the universe. But is the same system holding itself back? Critics argue that the pressure to publish and fierce...

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Is the Scientific Enterprise Too Risk-Averse? is an episode from Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates by Open to Debate. Modern science has given us the ability to edit our genes, life-saving vaccines, and glimpse the origins of the universe....

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Published May 14, 2026, 53:15 long, audio available.