Science has always been to some extent political. However increasingly people e.g. Thiel are wondering if some of them are actually scientists or whether they a

Science has always been to some extent political. However increasingly people e.g. Thiel are wondering if some of them are actually scientists or whether they are actually technicians slash bureaucrats in disguise. Politics has a lot to do with the art of your Memeplex co-opting other unrelated topics or areas. For instance why are leftists so thoroughly associated with the environmental movement. I could make a case for why that should be so, but I know I could also make a case for why right wing conservatives would feel passionate about conserving the environment from a context of nationalism. You have got to deal with the fact that politics bleeds into everything, it is what makes moderating forums so difficult. Humans are intrinsically political animals and the internal social civil war between partisans is not about to end anytime soon. I'd be interested in understanding where this came from in an evolutionary context, because it must have been very important for survival (or it is a giant memetic parasite).