[Szent_Adam_Kiraly]

"I don't share your faith in scientific altruism."

Thats because science is not altruistic. Good science is objective, observable, re-creatable.

Some scientific findings will inevitably disagree with political policy,ideals and projects. Suppressing or manipulating disagreeable results would be in the party's immediate interest.

[kinoxi]

Do you suggest a blank check to these individuals because they are above scrutiny or reproach?

[cgbg]

There are two evils here--because government has gotten deeply involved in funding science and science these is very very political.

I wouldn't trust any scientist as far as I could throw them unless I knew they had no political agenda and their bosses had none as well.

So the administration has thrown in the towel on "objective science" and wants their science instead of the opponent's science.

That puts us back where we already are--where almost all scientific studies and findings are highly suspect.

[r9etb]

Thats because science is not altruistic. Good science is objective, observable, re-creatable.

Well, you're certainly trusting. One would never expect government-funded science to be affected by political or funding-related pressures....