Thoughts on Public Science, Prompted by Corvid-19 and the Climate Crisis

David Henderson
2 min readApr 3, 2020

Public science is an essential part of our democracy, but not one that is always so well appreciated or supported. This may be because we have not done that great at telling its story. But in times like these, it is important that we have a source of expertise devoted to the public welfare. There is nothing wrong with private research, but the financial interests…

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David Henderson

David is an environmental philosopher who teaches at Western Carolina University in the southern Appalachian mountains.