No science is not political, rather there are those who would force politics into scientific endeavors. Ideally you go with what the data dictates, and change when more data says so. For instance in my own (former) field there's been a transition in the last 20 years from behavioral to cognitive and now neurophysical based strictly on the data.
It hasn't been scientists who have tried to politicize science, its been politicians like Cuccinelli of Virginia who tried to shut down climate change research at UVA who have injected politics into science. Or corporatists like the Koch brothers who have funded bogus think tanks to contradict scientific findings, or religious fanatics trying to inject their own twisted beliefs (e.g., fetal pain, evolutionary theory, or the heliocentric model the solar system). On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:27 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Until all our scientists are robots instead of humans, there will always be > a political element to science. But if you are looking for your LEAST > political arena, science is about the best you'll get. > > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Very true. Unfortunately its no longer the case. in the 70's the majority > > of scientists (56 > > 56%) employed in the US were Republican. In the Pew Trust Survey of a > > couple of years ago, less than 6% now label themselves as Republican. > Given > > the hostility of the party to science in general and to several > fundamental > > precepts of science in general, specifically evolution, I don't think > that > > will change any time soon, much to the Republican Party's detriment. > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Scott Stewart <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > I agree with the sentiment that science shouldn't be politicized. It > > > shouldn't be partisan at all (bi or otherwise) it needs to be above the > > > stupidity that is partisan politics. > > > On Aug 31, 2013 1:57 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.salon.com/2013/01/11/scientists_hate_the_gop_for_a_reason/ > > > > > > > > presented without a comment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366846 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
