Manipulating Science

Manipulating Science -

Science is increasingly being manipulated by those who try to use it to justify political choices based on their ethical preferences and who are willing to suppress evidence of conflict between those preferences and the underlying reality. In a new study, author George Avery shows how this problem is clearly seen in two policy domains, health care and climate policy. "When we abandon the values and practices of science, or pervert them to support a predetermined agenda," says Avery, "we elevate 'appearances' and subordinate 'facts.'"

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