Further on the Neutrality of Science

Further on the neutrality of science discussions on Moral Maze and Howard’s blog and picking up on an aspect out of interwoven fabric of issues raised, I would like to argue that discussing manipulation of data and fabrication of results by scientists are not the key issue here because, believing and thinking ALL scientists can be non-political and moral is rather naive. I agree with the Dr Parr argument that “…actually all scientists bring values to the table when they are talking about political issues after all they are all human beings.”

The issue here should be about us, the general public and the policy makers, needing and willing to question the rigorousness of the research design and validity of the results. The problem lies with the fact that we have stopped questioning the science and treating it to be objective. We have learnt to be sceptical towards what we read and watch on TV so, we need to be also sceptical towards scientific results.