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SoNonGrata t1_jdvu98j wrote

Reply to comment by henryptung in Linguistic analysis of 177,296 Reddit comments sheds light on negative attitudes toward science by HeinieKaboobler

Science became a problem when it linked with politics and business. The only science that gets any meaningful funding currently leads to patents and profits. Science is a tool. Corruptible and imperfect (gain of function, giving black communities syphilis). So it wasn't even a good point to make.

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Uncynical_Diogenes t1_jdvxyyv wrote

>became

Science has always been political however, and is likely to forever remain so. There was never some apolitical yester-year from which it has descended into menial politics, it has always been that way.

Nature did a pretty good 3-part podcast on the subject re: the Journal’s history with and approach to where science and politics meet.

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SoNonGrata t1_jdw36o7 wrote

I guess you are right. Learning about what Galileo went through in like 3rd or 4th grade was my first introduction to this. It's always been there.

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