Science and Politics should not be mixed, in an ideal world. Once Politics jumps in, people become committed to a point of view. We want to be 'right' (at lea

Science and Politics should not be mixed, in an ideal world. Once Politics jumps in, people become committed to a point of view. We want to be 'right' (at least so far as the debate is concerned) more than we want the actual truth. Politics unfortunately costs us progress in this and other areas, sometimes. (But I suppose it is the best thing available.)