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That phrase doesn't appear until nearly the end of the article. It read to me as not particularly political.
by phonypc 8y ago
That phrase doesn't appear until nearly the end of the article. It read to me as not particularly political.
- undoware 8y agoI don't see how either how (a) where it occurs in the article body or (b) what flavours of politics are vivid to you, and which, in David Foster Wallace's memorable phrase, taste like the inside of your own mouth, would be relevant to whether this aricle constitutes unbiased scientific discourse on the matter at hand. I don't mean to be rude.
- yellowapple 8y agoFor what it's worth, the inside of my mouth tastes like meat.
- phonypc 8y agoYou said "don't lead with your politics." The author did not lead with their politics. (And IMO didn't include politics at all, other than to say politics don't belong in science.
- anth_anm 8y agoThen you're probably on his side.
- _visgean 8y agohers
- yellowapple 8y agoScience doesn't take sides.
- pnongrata 8y ago'Science' doesn't take sides, but those who choose what gets funded or gets coverage definetely do, unfortunately.
- phonypc 8y agoThe side of "science should be apolitical?" Yes. But presumably that's not how you read it.
- anth_anm 8y agoScience should be apolitical, also white men are oppressed wahhhhh.