1. "Science should not be political." Well, yes & no.
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And the institutions contain people. People and institutions are political.
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5. The main political task of scientists as scientists is to defend the process & institutions that allow science to function/flourish.
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6. In other words, science, like all human activities, is shaped by the polity & needs to work to creating a polity where it can flourish
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This is sort of a bucolic view of how science is actually practiced. Scientists spend an enormous amount of time/effort on advocacy.
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The average university professor is constantly fighting for funding from agencies, advocating for their projects
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