4 Warning Signs That Impartial Paper On Politics And Science Really Isn't

Monday, September 8, 2014 - 13:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Talk of a 'secret sauce' in decision-making and charges that government groups like the Environmental Protection Agency are politically motivated are not new. Every president has its opposition party contending that the administration is manipulating science to suit its agenda - in the 1990s, Democrats got it for scuttling the Superconducting Super Collider and gutting the NIH and NASA while a decade later Republicans were called anti-science for limiting federal funding for human embryonic stem cells to existing lines. No one voted or did not vote for a candidate because of the SSC or hESCs, they were simply talking points to confirm decisions. read more

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