Scientific expertise and the free press have come under sustained partisan attack with the political ascendance of right-wing nationalism. This has put some science and technology studies (STS) scholars in the difficult position of defending the legitimacy of science while maintaining a characteristic agnosticism toward “the facts.” In this essay, inspired by a reading of Noortje Marres’s (2018) critique of fact-checking services, I seek to relieve some of the background anxiety I sense that perhaps STS research paved a path for the rise of right wing authoritarianism and “post-truth” politics. We are not dealing with a process of fact making in this environment, at least not of the scientific variety. Instead, we are dealing with political demagoguery. As scholars, we should therefore equip ourselves with the appropriate analytic and technological tools, and as many as possible, for engaging this political moment.

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事实真相后的瞬间，STS的责任和义务

随着右翼民族主义在政治上的崛起，科学专业知识和新闻自由受到了持续的党派攻击。这使一些科学技术研究（STS）学者处于捍卫科学合法性，同时又保持对“事实”的特征不可知论的困境。在这篇文章中，受到对Noortje Marres（2018）对事实检查服务的批评的阅读的启发，我试图减轻一些背景上的焦虑感，我认为STS研究也许为右翼专制主义和``后政治主义''的崛起铺平了道路。真理”的政治。在这种环境下，我们不会处理事实制造过程，至少不是科学多样性。相反，我们正在处理政治混乱。作为学者，