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the conspiracy of ignorant politicians trying to wedge their way into science.
Originally posted by OnceReturned
reply to post by VneZonyDostupa
I think that your identification of a serious issue here is spot on: politicians don't have scientific backgrounds and aren't experts in scientific fields, yet they make policy decisions related to science. A politician with a law degree simply isn't qualified to make important decisions about scientific policies like those related to environmental issues, the public space program, or life sciences research. An extension of this problem is the fact that the ongoing public discussion of political issues is not an suitable forum for scientific discussions. Sound bites and headlines that the average person can understand are not an acceptable way to present scientific issues.
Unfortunately, I think that your proposed solution of simply separating science from politics is unrealistic. The lines between political issues and scientific issues are not clear, and this will be increasingly true as science and technology become more and more relevant to all aspects of our world.
Originally posted by Whyhi
reply to post by VneZonyDostupa
Make every politician take mandatory classes on skepticism, reason and logic.
There isn't really much gray area (outside of medical science), and most data is fairly binary: things either work or they don't
politicians have managed to connect the broad term "stem cells" with images of babies being murdered by cold-hearted scientists in some deep, dark laboratory.
Originally posted by works4dhs
I'm a little reluctant to think of 'science' (what can we say? the scientific community?) as particularly pure. it's been my experience that much science is done through universities, which are supercharged with politics; and of course much science is funded by the gummint.
there are very, very few projects done solely for scientific curiosity.
Ben Stein's recent documentary 'Expelled'
Music is always ordered by who pays
Politics, even at the university level, don't really factor in beyond who gets tenured and who doesn't (and even that is mostly a popularity contest anymore).
Private business contributes cents to the NIH's dollars, really. Saying private companies influence research isn't really an accurate statement.
Also, SarKOY...otkuda vi? kakoj gorod?
Fascism is capitalism in decay" ~Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Originally posted by SarK0Y
oh, stop, please, there many experiments are desperately expensive, & who can throw some centies out for? fist & foremost, researchers is being forced to find godfathers. who could they be with highest probability? no doubt, gov. departments & corpies; out of gov. deps, most likeliest are military & cia-like guyZ_z
yes, Lenin was Devilicous clever human.. Brilliant
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My respect to Ye & the best wishes.
Luckily, you're mistaken. The American system is no the same as the Russian system
Originally posted by SarK0Y
reply to post by VneZonyDostupa
Luckily, you're mistaken. The American system is no the same as the Russian system
misconception.. there're no about russian/american system, there're about human Nature is the same in the Russia, USA or wherever else. some humans have lusted after Power & Nothing can stop'em, but Death. to've Power needs to get most Advanced techs; to study human body, mostly brain, is most prime way to get new techs; to research human brain with legal methods is too expensive.. any conclusions?edit on 18-11-2010 by SarK0Y because: (no reason given)