One offhand sentence in the article articulates my biggest fear: specifically about scientists getting involved in advocacy. I fear this would create a dynam

One offhand sentence in the article articulates my biggest fear: specifically about scientists getting involved in advocacy. I fear this would create a dynamic where the science is written off because it is too associated with a cause of the left or right. That has already happened with some issues like AGW. My pet theory why the right is so dead set against believing scientific consensus on AGW? Because the first most people heard about AGW was from Al Gore, so the battle lines were drawn at that moment. Now there is an association that the climate scientists are fighting for the left, making them easier to dismiss by partisans on the right. I know staying out of the political battles is not going to solve all the problems, but when science has an agenda, it becomes much easier to doubt the results.