Science is Broken

[xoxoxoBruce]

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[Elspode]

There's too much of politics and profit involved for pure science to exist anymore. Politics, be it relgious politics, social politics, or even scientific politics, starts with the desired end, then tries to cobble up "evidence" to bear out the goal of the vested interests. This is *not* the same as having a hypothesis, and then testing it dispassionately. There's damn little recognition anymore of the fact that, when you do pure science, you eventually come up with something that can be commoditized, socialized or theocratized anyway.

It's all backwards. Everything is backwards these days.

[sean]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Pah! I love Dawkins. I find him fascinating and compelling.

Don't get me wrong. He's a genius.

And yeah, so is Trudeau!

Originally Posted by Elspode

There's too much of politics and profit involved for pure science to exist anymore. ...

I can understand anybody feeling that way, but I think it's a little pessimistic. I know a lot of scientists, and despite their constant struggle for funds, most manage to do real science and remain driven by curiosity rather than agenda.