Maybe? Though this Ask will be downvoted to oblivion. Politics turns into different interests talking over each other, with outspoken individuals dominating t

Maybe? Though this Ask will be downvoted to oblivion. Politics turns into different interests talking over each other, with outspoken individuals dominating the conversation; not using reason but emotion and authority. Take something data-driven like science: Just the other day there was a topic about how Alzheimer's research was stymied by the amyloid orthodoxy. What happened is the antithesis of science and the excuses are appalling. I've often commented (not in HN) that a major hole and Achille's heel in science is funding: It's not science without specifically leaving room for untried or less-explored inquiries and suddenly the dismissive posts will come out in force. Why? Whose livelihood is threatened by this line of thinking?