President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday directing federal agencies to focus on scientific research that is reproducible and falsifiable, a major overhaul that could disrupt much of the scientific and medical establishments.
Senior White House officials touted the order Friday as a return to “gold standard science.” They said in a call with reporters that declines in disruptive, innovating research, along with a growing distrust in the scientific and medical establishment following the COVID-19 pandemic, requires a recommitment to the basic principles of unbiased and interdisciplinary scientific advancement.
“The status quo of our research enterprise has brought diminishing returns, wasted resources and public distrust,” White House Director of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios told reporters ahead of the executive order signing Friday
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