{"id":2111,"date":"2017-01-25T09:52:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativeme.com\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2017-01-25T09:52:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:52:21","slug":"politics-and-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativeme.com\/?p=2111","title":{"rendered":"Politics and Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

So suddenly there is a lot of talk about science, and scientists, and politics.\u00a0 Many, especially those who lean left are saying politics cannot be involved in science.<\/p>\n

Wrong.<\/p>\n

First off, the fact a scientist cannot be political is quite honestly, disturbing at best.\u00a0 Can those political views influence the scientists.\u00a0 You bet.<\/p>\n

Back in college I had a chemistry class where I spent the entire summer working with the dean of the Chemistry department.\u00a0 We spent many days working together and I learned from him science has two faces.<\/p>\n

The first, the public face.\u00a0 This is the face which everyone knows.\u00a0 Its the one which states they enjoy being questioned.\u00a0 Questioning is a major part of their job and it causes them to learn even more and fine tune their theories and developments.<\/p>\n

The second is the darker one, the private face.\u00a0 This is the one few ever see.\u00a0 Its full of politics, back-stabbing, and deceit.\u00a0 This is the one where the egos come into play.\u00a0 They dislike being questioned at all, after all, they are the expert, how dare you question them.\u00a0 Are you well known by your peers?\u00a0 If not, get lost, your opinion doesn’t count.<\/p>\n

How would they mix politics into science.\u00a0 After all, science is founded on facts and repeatable evidence the left says.<\/p>\n

Easy.\u00a0 For this I’ll borrow an old example of DHMO (or dyhydrogen monoxide).<\/p>\n

Scientist wants to ban DHMO and publishes the following.<\/p>\n