"... English novelist George Orwell was remarkably prescient about many things, and one of the most disturbing aspects of his masterpiece 1984 involved the blat

"... English novelist George Orwell was remarkably prescient about many things, and one of the most disturbing aspects of his masterpiece 1984 involved the blatant perversion of objective reality, using constant repetition of propaganda by a militaristic government in control of all the media. ..." I added this article to highlight a new phase in science that is occurring - advocacy. Why advocacy and not just science? Because it's getting to the point where mere "facts" isn't good enough to bring about the changes necessary. It's not the science where the problems lie. Science can be refuted by bad evidence. Scientific theory becomes fact when the evidence gathered by observation or experiments be supports the theory. The problem we have now is a "people" problem where people who don't see or want changes made to our carbon economy. The change from pure science and scientific reporting to scientific activism is a feature of more active scientists in recent history and include Richard Dawkins (evolution,religion), Tim Flannery (land use,disruption of ecosystems, carbon emissions). In the past dissent, contrary arguments would not have been tolerated. In Galileo's ~ http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Galileo.html http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Galileo.h... day scientists with ideas like Dawkins and Flannery would have been quietly silenced like Galileos advocacy ~ http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/galileo.html http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/galileo.html of the Copernican principle ~ http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/copercosmol.html http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/copercosmol.html Why? Because it didn't fit with the plans of those in power at the time, Pope Urban VIII. Charles Darwin ~ http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/darwin_charles.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/darwin_charles... withheld releasing "The Origin of the species" for 20 years even with the amount of evidence because of the potential for persecution ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species#Time_taken_to_publish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species#Time_t... Presenting the science is not enough to create change in the way leaders make decisions. Decisions based on some "rational" basis instead of "belief" or "influence".