>Politicians and populists pushed out false information, and then squashed anyone that tried to argue against the state as "radical", "harmful" and "against progress and science"
I agree. This was a political problem which the article is actually trying to address.
> It seems to me the problem isn't and never has been science, it is when a single institution, society, or government gets to dictate what "truth" is...
This is not what the article is advocating.
This seems very rational to me, for example:
"Authors should use the terms sex (biological attribute) and gender (shaped by social and cultural circumstances) carefully in order to avoid confusing both terms. "
I agree. This was a political problem which the article is actually trying to address.
> It seems to me the problem isn't and never has been science, it is when a single institution, society, or government gets to dictate what "truth" is...
This is not what the article is advocating.
This seems very rational to me, for example:
"Authors should use the terms sex (biological attribute) and gender (shaped by social and cultural circumstances) carefully in order to avoid confusing both terms. "