This is true and it would be ideal if all lawmakers were well-versed in the process of science, as well as the subject matter relevant to their decisions. Unfo

This is true and it would be ideal if all lawmakers were well-versed in the process of science, as well as the subject matter relevant to their decisions. Unfortunately, that's an unrealistic assumption in the messy real world. In fact, I doubt even the most genius of researchers could be reasonably expected to verify the veracity of all the scientific claims that are advanced in defense of various policies that lawmakers must form opinions on. > Because of the prestige that science garnered - it gave us airplanes, radio, tv, internet, landed a person on the moon, etc, many knowledge disciplines branded themselves as "x science". Thus, has the word "science" become devalued. This is perhaps a bit off topic, but I'll just note that this includes Computer Science [1]. Also, you can replace "science" with "engineering" in that quote ("Software Engineering"). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science#Etymology