> If the plan is to create policies based on "the science", then people will lie about what the science is in order to get their policies into play. Or, in my

> If the plan is to create policies based on "the science", then people will lie about what the science is in order to get their policies into play. Or, in my opinion, more frequently - sincerely adhere to, but not actually understand the science and still push those policies anyway. I've been more concerned with people who claim that some viewpoint is based on "science" while they actually don't even have a surface level understanding of it and whether it's been twisted to support a particular viewpoint. For the sufficiently hardheaded and ignorant, "science" is another form of religion and one-word conversation stopper. More of a comment, no suggested solution.