Politics and science; is science being corrupted? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Saturday, February 13, 2010, 14:49 (5193 days ago) @ David Turell

The following website contains an essay by a former Dutch Science Acadamy member. He explains why peer review is such a bad system, why it is entangled with bureaucrats controlling grants, that jargon isolates branches of science, and other brilliant observations. If you will remember, when Matt discussed this development in science, I wrote stating that it was not a good development, coming from the old school as I do.-We depend on science in our discussions here. Is it safe to depend too much on current scientific conclusions and theories? Again to harp on current climate science, the answer is no.- http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/02/12/scientist-i-don%e2%80%99t-want-to-remain-a-member...