> I do think it is also important to note that science isn't morally or politically neutral. Yes, it is: all it can say is what it thinks is true about the phy

> I do think it is also important to note that science isn't morally or politically neutral. Yes, it is: all it can say is what it thinks is true about the physical world. To take the nuclear-weapons issue: science can say that if you assemble these elements in this way and initiate that action in that way then there will be a release of some amount of energy; it can't say whether releasing that much energy is good or bad, or politically wise or unwise. Now, science can certainly inform moral and political judgements. Science can tell folks of one race that folks of another race are identically human; it can tell folks of one age that folks of another age are identically human. But it cannot come up with principles like 'treat all human beings equally.'