Alex Smith
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32,670 appearances
416 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2016
last heard 4d ago
Alex Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So there are, I think there is a to be sure here that there are problems at the NIH.
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The administrative burden on researchers is large, and we need to have greater connection between the taxpayer dollars.
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and the innovation and advances.
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This is not the solution.
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This is draconian ham handed power grab.
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And we should be deeply concerned about it because, as has been done in other cases, there are sources of truth and kernels of like, you know, w there are is discontent about some of these issues.
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And some some ways in which some policies have been implemented were deeply unpopular.
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Think back to COVID.
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But that is not a reason to institute these sorts of changes.
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Uh so uh I think w I think the point of this is to come up with another thing.
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So something that's already been mentioned.
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Yeah.
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Uh because I'm deeply concerned most about the removal of peer review and the political appointees making decisions.
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But another thing we haven't talked about as much.
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are this like sort of ban on DEI and gender research.
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And this is this is a huge issue.
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And I guess the to be sure is here.
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So I've been a a proponent of affirmative action my whole life.
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And I was very happy with the DEI policies.
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And I recognize that there were a lot of people who weren't happy with the way the DEI initiatives were instituted at institutions.
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