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yes certainly science can inform policy decisions. How do I put this... Science has nothing to say about what we should set as the objectives of our policy. Sc

yes certainly science can inform policy decisions. How do I put this... Science has nothing to say about what we should set as the objectives of our policy. Science can, however, inform our approach to attaining that objective.

brutusborn 3y ago
To oversimplify my view: Politics = applied philosophy Science = applied epistemology Pretending that science can create policy leads to things like eugenics (but Darwin said it would make us fitter so it must be ‘good’!)