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Originally Posted by freeztar
This claim appears in various forms around here. Is science close-minded?
NO!!!!!
Science has no business in restricting thought.
Science *does not* have an agenda.
Experiments are performed, info is described. Plain and simple.
I'm quite tired of those that insist upon scientific bias and manipulation of data.
The scientific community abhors such violations.
Do you feel that science is close-minded?
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No, but the scientific community has institutions the can become compartmentalized in their group think and subsequently become defensive, its human nature. It is true responsibility lies in the individual in society to keep informed…. not only of sciences we support but to utilize it for public benefit.
This involves participation, education and direction.
However….. If the people are ignorant of science its not just the public to blame as just to dumb to understand, but the lack sensitivity toward the public by the scientific community to take responsibility that science is a public trust not an elite class in itself. This attitude is being amplified on this forum more and more lately.
