Many years later, the right wing continued to lambast Sagan well after the man was dead, while Seitz's attack on nuclear winter was reprised by Rush Limbaugh in the 1990s and by novelist Michael Crichton in the 2000s.110 What was going on? The answer is that the right-wing turn against science had begun.
Even years after Carl Sagan's passing, critics from the right wing persistently targeted him, demonstrating a troubling trend. This ongoing criticism included a resurgence of attacks on the concept of nuclear winter, initially put forth by physicist Richard Seitz, with notable figures like Rush Limbaugh and author Michael Crichton echoing these sentiments in the 1990s and 2000s, respectively.
This reflects a broader phenomenon: a marked shift among conservatives against scientific consensus....
