The way that science is conducted, the questions that are asked, and the way that results are interpreted are all dependent on culture and politics. Something a

The way that science is conducted, the questions that are asked, and the way that results are interpreted are all dependent on culture and politics. Something as simple as understanding that xyz viewpoint was considered politically incorrect or anathema to the goals of whoever was funding given research is important in understanding that conclusions from a study might be on data that was filtered to make a case stronger or specifically chosen and designed so no other conclusion could be drawn. Or that the 19 other runs might have been thrown out for the one that showed the result the sponsor wanted. People used "science" to justify smoking as harmless, leaded gasoline as safe, eugenics as a good idea. We need to under what context all of that came from to understand the confounding factors at play.