Accepted Quote by Philip Kitcher

I don't think it would be a good idea for scientists to have more political power. Scientists as a group are more inclined to…

— David Deutsch

When a political party denies scientific facts, then by all means, they should be called out on their anti-science stance.

— Gad Saad

“Political and economic considerations exert pressure on science to answer strictly practical, immediate problems––in some cases by directed funding, in other coercive ways by…

— Kane X. Faucher

Today most funding for science comes through government. That means that you have to be known to be sympathetic to conclusions that are acceptable…

— Doug Casey

If you'd got a very conservative Republican in power, they might not be happy about some of the scientific research going on, because it…

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

There is a sense that science and politics are incompatible. I don't think so at all. I think it's important that scientists take great…

— Rush D. Holt, Jr

Let's be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus which is the business of politics. What is relevant is…

— Timothy R Minnich

One must not politicize science. But the converse is not necessarily true. There's no reason why scientists can not go into the public sphere.…

— Rush D. Holt, Jr

I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research.

— Juan Cole

It's not at all a bad idea for scientific questions to be chosen because a democratic deliberation would identify them as important for people's…

— Philip Kitcher

Politicians often misuse science for political ends and to pursue their own agenda.

— Leonard Mlodinow

“• Scientific and medical studies, research or evidence is either distorted and misrepresented, or disputed or outright ignored by opponents whose views are threatened…

— Christina Engela