The field of science is increasingly dominated by political ideology and/or profit motivation. From Ru-486 to the abortion/breast cancer link...from the search for a "gay gene" to human cloning...from embryonic stem cell research to genetic manipulation...from intolerance for teaching intelligent design to intolerance for pharmacists with pro-life convictions...and yes, from greenhouse effect to global warming, the facts and even the scientific method itself are being obscured by the pre-established agendas of the powers that be.Here's a revealing example from Terence Corcoran. Writing in the National Post (Canada), Mr. Corcoran shows how the scrambling scare-mongering connected to global warming may well signal the death of independent science.
