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Summary
Populism coupled with renewed anti-intellectualism has recently affected leadership in the United States and abroad. The ramifications for the science community are yet to be understood, but federal research priorities, funding, and innovation may be affected for decades. Two timely new books—Tom Nichol's The Death of Expertise and Dave Levitan's Not a Scientist—grapple with the dangerous disconnect between expertise, policy-makers, and the public that threatens to undermine scientific progress for the foreseeable future.
