Something I've been thinking a lot recently Science deals with FACTS Politics deals with VALUE JUDGEMENTS Political decisions can use facts, but ultimately they are not scientific by design
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Well... if the science/evidence informs your deliberations and the decision is then based on that evidence...
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Scientists advise, ministers decide.
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Agree, but on the other side it’s impossible to have value-free science, which blurs the division between science and policy.
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It is? What are the values involved in saying that table salt is composed of sodium and chloride?
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Yes Max Weber wrote about this at length
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