American Association for the Advancement of Science

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science, founded in 1848, is the world's largest general scientific organization. Its journal Science has one million paid subscribers.

However, it has been taken over by leftists and fails to uphold the first two of its lofty goals:

  • Enhance communication among scientists, engineers, and the public;
  • Promote and defend the integrity of science and its use;

in favor of two other goals:

  • Provide a voice for science on societal issues;
  • Promote the responsible use of science in public policy;

When findings which undermine its public policy platform are submitted to its journal, these findings are typically dismissed as being "of no interest". This directly contradicts of the key principles of science, which is to give all theories and hypothesis a reality check. It is actually very much in the interest of science (as a body of knowledge) as well as the scientific profession itself, when contrary findings are made known to other scientists. Otherwise, misleading and false information can be promoted by the unscrupulous (hucksters, rabble rousers, and ideologues).