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Scientist & Professor. Plants, agriculture & more. Exasperated with ideologies. Philosophy matters. Personal perspective from UK, Brazil & USA.
Apr 28, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
An alarming clash between Classical Liberal epistemology & identity-based ideologies is endangering science, a key driver to human progress & improved environmental outcomes

Scientific institutions & Universities must re-embrace Liberal epistemology

journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/3/1/236 Congratulations Anna Krylov,
@PsychRabble, @Evolutionistrue, @peterboghossian and coauthors, it’s absurd that this article has to be published in the Journal of Controversial Ideas
May 14, 2018 4 tweets 1 min read
It's peanut, but not as we know it!
Arachis vilosullicarpa is a different species to "normal" peanut, grown by some of the native peoples of the Central West of Brazil (eg the Tauandé and Nambiquari). It's an 'independent domesticate'. Look at those amazing S-shaped seeds!