Balderdash
An article in yesterday’s NYTimes makes the move not necessarily to equate, but to strongly link scientific pursuits with democracy. The author, David Overbye, suggests that the scientific tenet of questioning everything in order to get at “truth” mirrors or is an analog of free speech in a Utopian democracy. To what degree you buy into the proposition that scientists feel free to question everything I leave to you. I think they can be about as stubborn as anyone. Anyway, a short read, worth its time.
