Corruption in Science

It is a fact that scientific integrity is essential to our continuing health, wealth and religious freedom as a nation. After all, research is bound to be detrimentally affected by the faulty knowledge that results from blind spots, bias and inaccuracy in evaluation of data. This can then lead to dead-end work, wasted money, and endangerment of public health and well-being.

Hijacking of science for whatever reason and the resulting persecution of those who challenge the status quo may also be a contributing factor in our sliding competitiveness in the global marketplace; after all, people who are restricted or inaccurate in their thinking and questioning inevitably lose some of their innovative edge.

Finally, ideologically motivated slanting of science leads to erroneous and unfounded conclusions about ethical, philosophical, and religious questions. Many Americans (quite rightly) are losing confidence in the arrogant claims of the “scientific priesthood”.

Unfortunately, students may be less able to distinguish the fact from the hype. For example, many are harmed by believing professors who claim that condoms make one impervious to sexually-transmitted disease, depression is due to a chemical imbalance and is best treated with drugs, and science has disproven all religion.

Of course, it is important to remember that the vast majority of scientists, engineers, physicians and even professors do not have bad motives and genuinely want to find, teach, and promote the truth in their area. However, we need to be aware that they will have their own particular bias and may well not have access to all the scientific facts. We must, therefore, retain our right and responsibility to think critically, even about what the critics say! For more information, click here: Blinded by Science