Cathy Young: Science becomes a casualty of politics
Opinion • December 2009 • Views: 424
The politics/science phenomenon is causing an erosion of the public’s trust in science, writes the author.
And you can pretty much predict a person’s attitude toward Climategate and related science matters simply by that person’s politics.
If science becomes merely a branch of politics, the public will lose its confidence in science, and science will be the loser.