The scientific community is governed by money/funding as is politics. I think the real question is motive/purpose of both agendas. I wouldn't trust the vote- the new pm of Thailand promised 40% increase to the minimum wage and her opponent promised 25%. Guess who won? :-)
On Jul 3, 6:18 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a difference between democracy and the politics of a > democratic society. As I see it, the agenda of the scientific > community is more governed by politics than democracy, but it is > lovely to think that democracy it its true sense, could prevail. > > On Jul 2, 11:34 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Modern science has been regarded as both a model of democratic self- > > governance and an activity requiring and facilitating democratic > > practices in its supporting social context (Popper 1950, Bronowski > > 1956). The only non-arbitrary way to defend judgments concerning > > research agendas in the absence of absolute standards is through > > democratic means of establishing collective preferences. Kitcher > > (1993: 2001), thus, attempts to spell out procedures by which > > decisions concerning what research directions to pursue can be made in > > a democratic manner. The result, which he calls well-ordered science, > > is a system in which the decisions actually made track the decisions > > that would be a made by a suitably constituted representative body > > collectively deliberating with the assistance of relevant information > > (concerning, e.g., cost and feasibility) supplied by experts. > > > I have never seen science as anything to do with democracy - democracy > > is a form of government I despise and which I see as totally corrupt. > > Democracy is based on presentation ahead of content and gives votes to > > ignorance (originally race) and the means to glean votes to points of > > control based on money. Any defenders of 'democracy' here? Other > > than it just being better than worse forms of authoritarian control? > > > Bronowski, Jacob. 1956. Science and Human Values. New York: Harper and > > Bros. > > Kitcher, Phillip. 1993. The Advancement of Science: Science Without > > Legend, Objectivity Without Illusions.Oxford: Oxford University Press. > > –––. 2001. Science, Truth, and Democracy. New York, NY: Oxford > > University Press. > > Popper, Karl. 1950. The Open Society and its enemies. Princeton, NJ: > > Princeton University Press.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
