No, he's saying politics is not science. >Yet there’s a deeper problem. Not only is the Doomsday Clock unscientific; the factors of its setting are now dominat

No, he's saying politics is not science. >Yet there’s a deeper problem. Not only is the Doomsday Clock unscientific; the factors of its setting are now dominated more by policy questions than scientific ones. The former may be important, but claiming the authority of “atomic scientists” is appropriate only for the latter. ... >But today the clock’s setting is determined more by concerns about how superpowers can engage in arms-control talks, about potentially reckless statements by world leaders, or about what policies would best reduce carbon emissions. These are important questions, but not ones on which scientists can claim special authority.