Politics tends to be too zero sum for this to work. In science the backers of a discredited theory don't really lose anything, but in politics they do. e.g. a

Politics tends to be too zero sum for this to work. In science the backers of a discredited theory don't really lose anything, but in politics they do. e.g. any policy that lowers the price of housing will benefit people who don't own property and hurt people who do.