Friday, November 30, 2007

Science and Politics

I would have to say I disagree strongly with the notion that science and politics are completely independent of each other. If we consider science to be the way the world is and politics the way the world should be than those two statements in themselves lead to acknowledgment of the other. When one says this is the way the world should be than they are also saying that it is not that way right now, making it clear that there is a way the world is. When one says that this is the way the world is, it is that way because of the decisions people make, decisions made on how they they think the world should be. Additionally you would not be able to have one without the other if the world is the way everyone would like it to be then there would be no need for politics , however this is not the case. Science is a fact and Politics are goals, you could not have a goal without knowing the facts of the situation or wanting to somehow change that which is.