Many science people feel groups like WHO are there to do a job and not to be dealt with in a political way.
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I believe that politics takes a much different set of skills than science. Science is about getting to the truth. Politics is about what people think and how they react.
I don't know how you overcome the dearth of scientists in the government positions.
What we want is scientists who don't become part of the policy discussion: All they do is produce science. If someone becomes an advocate, then I won't pay as much attention to their science.
There is need for more science in politics and less politics in science.
The general public has long been divided into two parts those who think science can do anything, and those who are afraid it will.
I'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists.
There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals, or even as a group, about the social consequences of their activities.
Politicians often misuse science for political ends and to pursue their own agenda.
I don't think it would be a good idea for scientists to have more political power. Scientists as a group are more inclined to try to derive an ought from an is, than the population at large.
Scientists are being portrayed by much of the power structure in politics and business as having a vested interest - that they're just out to get more grant money by exaggerating the threats.