Science and scientists

People confuse science and scientists
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Science is great but individual scientists are often dangerous
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They are human
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They are marred by the biases humans have
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Perhaps even more than most of us
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For most scientists are hard headed
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Otherwise they would not have the patience and energy to perform the tasks given to them
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Unfortunately there is another side to some of them
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Those who do research on ways to kill other humans more efficiently
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Or research into biological weapons
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Or simply for companies who want to make money out of unnecessary innovations
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Or publishing papers making tenuous claims
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A scientist may be forced to act like a cheap defense lawyer rather than a pure seeker of the truth
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So it is safe to say that science is more ethical than many scientists
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Science is better than scientists
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Some might say that scientists are giving science a bad name
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It is said that science evolves from funeral to funeral
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Pay attention to what scientists say by all means, but do so in a more discerning way
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Note how the media love to talk about "scientific experts'', seldom providing proof or relevance of their expertise
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'Scientists say'' is another media favourite
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Note we do not often see ''bankers say'' or ''salesmen say''
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Consider why is it that scientists have this privilege?
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Do they really deserve such?
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Certainly science deserves our respect
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Scientists less so, much less so