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The '''politics of science''' is distinguished from [[science]] itself, by virtue of the emphasis on the numbers of scientists or scientific bodies which favor a particular scientific theory, rather than whether the theory can be shown to be consistent with the facts.  

The '''politics of science''' is distinguished from [[science]] itself, by virtue of the emphasis on the numbers of scientists or scientific bodies which favor a particular scientific theory, rather than whether the theory can be shown to be consistent with the facts.  

The history of science is replete with examples in which the scientific establishment resisted new theories which turned out decades later to be true.

The history of science is replete with examples in which the scientific establishment resisted new theories which turned out decades later to be true. See, for example, the [[germ theory of disease]].  

There have also been cases, notabably the racist theory of [[Eugenics]], in which a novel theory rapidly became the darling of the mainstream - without ever having any facts in its support.  

There have also been cases, notabably the racist theory of [[Eugenics]], in which a novel theory rapidly became the darling of the mainstream - without ever having any facts in its support.