> How you've described the social sciences being mudded with politics is the same in large parts of STEM Sure, as anything else. And I've explicitly stated tha

> How you've described the social sciences being mudded with politics is the same in large parts of STEM Sure, as anything else. And I've explicitly stated that this is not the point. The point is that politics leads to bad science in former case and good (relatively and for the most part) science in case of STEM, exactly like politics leads to great judicial system in US and terrible judicial system in Russia. Because politics could lead to great checks and balances and good incentives, or it could lead to cronyism, corruption and regulatory capture, based on how the institution is constructed/designed, and its relations with other institutions.