Often we aren't worried about the consensus surrounding specific results but the prescriptions they are motivating from a totally different group of policy make

Often we aren't worried about the consensus surrounding specific results but the prescriptions they are motivating from a totally different group of policy makers. Science comprehension is poor by politicians and words and meaning are often twisted to suit a need tangential to the original scientific finding. So when we see people fighting against a scientific result it is often because it is myopic and will be used to motivate poor policy.