opinion Free AccessCONVERSATIONSConversation with a prominent propagator: Tim Bell Share on Authors: David P. Bunde Knox College CollegeView Profile , Zack Butler Rochester Institute of Technology TechnologyView Christopher L. Hovey University Colorado Boulder BoulderView Cynthia Taylor Oberlin Authors Info & Claims ACM InroadsVolume 12Issue 3September 2021 pp 14–17https://doi.org/10.1145/34577...

A prominent scientist, humanitarian, and spiritual author, Alexis Carrel received the highest accolades from his scientific peers and his native France. But he was also a leading eugenicist. In his prolific interwar writings he advocated the state’s use of sterilization and euthanasia on eugenic grounds. In his work for the Vichy regime he directed programs aimed at the elimination of those con...

To the limited extent that sociologists have considered non-academics’ trust in sociologists, legitimacy has become entwined with idea of a value-free, ‘objective’ sociology. However, broader philosophical/sociological work suggests credibility signals are more complex, with, for example, non-partisanship being separate to epistemic responsibility. In this article, I explore nature ‘credibility...

Neurodegenerative diseases are one of the most important contributors to morbidity and mortality in elderly. In Europe, over 14 million people currently living with dementia, at a cost 400 billion EUR annually. Recent advances diagnostics approval for new pharmaceutical treatments Alzheimer’s disease (AD), common etiology heralds beginning precision medicine this field. However, their implement...