"Politics has become a dirty word, largely associated with partisan jockeying for power. But politics is fundamentally the “activity associated with governance of a country or other area” and science is deeply intertwined with governance. Science profoundly impacts society in terms of economics, health, and national security. Moreover, science is funded and regulated by the government. Science cannot be separate from politics.
Rather than avoiding politics, scientists should step up and participate using a non-partisan, evidence-based viewpoint. If more scientists engage with politics, we can make the scientific process more familiar to lawmakers and dispel the harmful myth that we are simply an interest group."
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