A while back, I was linked to this Tweet:

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Science
has always
been
Political
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/ 　 づ#HistorianSignBunny

— Audra J. Wolfe, PhD (@ColdWarScience) July 12, 2018

It had sparked a brisk and mostly unproductive debate. If you want to see people talking past each other, snide comments, and applause lights, check out the thread. One of the few productive exchanges centres on bridges.

Bridges are clearly a product of science (and its offspring, engineering) – only the simplest bridges can be built without scientific knowledge. Bridges also clearly have a political dimension. Not only are bridges normally the product of politics, they also are embedded in a broader political fabric. They change how a space can be used and change geography. They make certain actions – like...

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