Heard something interesting today: “that science succeeds in selling itself as apolitical takes part in making it political.”
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from which politicians can draw—something that doesn’t itself partake in politics, but is external to it. Of course everyone at the NIH knows that isn’t the case, and the perceived apolitical-ness makes some interesting things possible
i think there's a slight equivocation here on the word 'apolitical'. "science enters politics as being apolitical" .. then i'd say if they enter politics then they are not apolitical, they'd be anti-political. much like the difference between atheism and anti-theism
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Hmm not sure what you mean: science is political, but advertises itself as apolitical (so it enters politics appearing to be apolitical, but failing to be so)
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then i misunderstood the quote in my first reading oop
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