Rejection of science
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When science and ideology collide, many advocates simply discard science altogether or engage in deception campaigns which obscure what science actually says; see junk science.
In the context of embryonic stem cell research, Joseph Bottum wrote:
- I have long suspected that science, in the context of the editorial page of the New York Times, was simply a stalking-horse for something else. In fact, for two something-elses: a chance to discredit America's religious believers, and an opportunity to put yet another hedge around the legalization of abortion. [1]