In reference to Ted Rulseh’s April column, “When Rationality Is Cast Aside,” two phrases I learned many years ago stick with me: that a thing represents a “double-edged sword,” and that one may be “hoisted by one’s own petard.”
So it is with arguments that we need to follow, trust, and rely on science. Of course we do. Only we seldom get the balanced outcomes desired by sensible people. Science is political even where it is not politicized.
Science and research are funded by certain parties, not all of them disinterested. It may be used and is used to justify political and ideological
