> It was the global warming question that led Bruno Latour to doubt his own
> insistence that science was a social construct
>
> "I myself have spent some time in the past trying to show "the lack of
> scientific certainty" inherent in the construction of facts. I too made it a
> "primary issue." But I did not exactly aim at fooling the public by
> obscuring the certainty of a closed argument-or did I? ... dangerous
> extremists are using the very same argument of social construction to
> destroy hard-won evidence that could save our lives. Was I wrong to
> participate in the invention of this field known as science studies? Is it
> enough to say that we did not really mean what we said? Why does it burn my
> tongue to say that global warming is a fact whether you like it or not?"
>
> http://www.bruno-latour.fr/articles/article/089.html
>
So Latour moved towards endorsing a more authoritative and canonical role
for science just when he sees that such a stronger role would be beneficial
for his political convictions. Interesting.