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'''Politicized science''' is considered a problem by people on all parts of the [[political spectrum]], yet they can rarely agree on whether a particular scientific issue has become politicized. All parties to the dispute agree that when political power, as of a government or church, is used to prevent scientific matters from being investigated or discussed objectively, this constitutes politicization. Even scientific bodies have been known to suppress results or theories which contradict the scientific mainstream.

'''Politicized science''' is the mis-use of [[science]], usually in the form of [[atheism|atheistic]] [[junk science]], to further [[liberal]] public policy. Examples of politicized science used by liberals are the racist theory of [[Eugenics]], used to support forced sterilization of "defectives", as well as prolonged race segregation and discrimination, and [[global warming]] theories which are being used to promote a massive redistribution of wealth and/or a severe rationing of energy consumption (see [[Kyoto Protocol]]).

 

* Most Americans take pride in our traditions of [[free speech]], [[freedom of the press]] and open [[scientific inquiry]] and [[debate]]. However, if [[research]] is done in a [[bias]]ed way, it is not [[science]], it is [[propaganda]]. When science becomes politicized, with unspoken [[hidden agenda]]s, it loses its value as a trusted source of [[objectivity|objective information]] to inform our country’s discourse and decisions. It becomes a political tool, a weapon to [[manipulation|manipulate]] an unsuspecting public. [http://thewaronintimacy.com/twoi/] Consequently, the rigid disciplne and [[logic]] of [[creation science]] is gaining in importance, enabling intelligent people to distinguish real science from atheistic secular politicized science.

 

 

 

In the English-speaking world, conservatives and liberals agree that the Galileo and Lamarck episodes were both examples of politicization. The church was wrong to suppress Galileo's arguments against the perfect spherical shape of the moon (he saw proof of mountains) or against the idea that all heavenly bodies revolve around the Earth (he discovered the [[Jovian satellites]]). The Soviet Union was wrong to enshrine [[Lamarckism]] as official evolutionary doctrine.

 

 

* Science journals were biased against [[DDT]]. Philip Abelson, editor of ''Science'' informed Dr. Thomas Jukes that ''Science'' would never publish any article on DDT that was not antagonistic. [http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.html]

 

What needs to happen and what happens are often entirely different. It's common for there to be a disconnect between a leading theory and the evidence.

What needs to happen and what happens are often entirely different. It's common for there to be a disconnect between a leading theory and the evidence.

That is not science.

That is not science.

:Science is an enterprise which requires openness and questioning. When a scientific organization takes up politics and advocates for one side of a scientific issue, it declares the theoretical and scientific dialogue closed. It smothers science.<ref> [http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/1995papers/johnson.html American Psychology: The Political Science]</ref>

:Science is an enterprise which requires openness and questioning. When a scientific organization takes up politics and advocates for one side of a scientific issue, it declares the theoretical and scientific dialogue closed. It smothers science.<ref>[http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/1995papers/johnson.html American Psychology: The Political Science]</ref>

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