> People wouldn’t distrust “The Science” and all manner of government institutions if they weren’t so obviously corrupted. But like everything human, they are fallible:
It's even worse than that "science" has been politicized in the general discourse into a code-word meaning "you must obey and respect our policy" or "my political opinions are objectively correct." I mean, "I believe in Science" is a literal political slogan meaning the latter, FFS.
You also occasionally have scientists who exploit their positions to give their non-scientific views unearned authority.
Though this is all probably a later stage of a progressing disease. Science was one of the last institutions to enjoy widespread respect, so of course short-sighted tacticians can't resist the temptation to draft it into political fights.
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis
It's even worse than that "science" has been politicized in the general discourse into a code-word meaning "you must obey and respect our policy" or "my political opinions are objectively correct." I mean, "I believe in Science" is a literal political slogan meaning the latter, FFS.
You also occasionally have scientists who exploit their positions to give their non-scientific views unearned authority.
Though this is all probably a later stage of a progressing disease. Science was one of the last institutions to enjoy widespread respect, so of course short-sighted tacticians can't resist the temptation to draft it into political fights.