After a long break...I'm back! In this episode, I speak with Dr. Patricia Schwerdtle about epistemology, the difference between social justice and critical social justice, and whether a merit-based approach to science is adequate for addressing inequality. She is the co-author of "In Defense of Merit in Science," an essay in Journal of Controversial Ideas that draws upon evidence from across different disciplines to question critical theory. Dr. Schwerdtle is a research fellow of nursing at Monash University in Australia, serves on the board of Doctors without Borders, and is affiliated with University of Heidelberg in Germany.