Factual statements are filtered in assessment reports and by the media with an eye to downstream political use. How does politics influence the scientific process for societally relevant issues? Political bias influences research funding priorities, the scientific questions that are asked, how the findings are interpreted, what is cited, and what gets canonized. For such problems, the relevant science has become increasingly like litigation, where truth seeking has become secondary to politics and advocacy on behalf of a preferred policy solution. Climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic are prominent examples of such wicked problems. In the 21 st century, humankind is facing a myriad of complex societal problems that are characterized by deep uncertainties, systemic risks and disagreements about values. Politically-motivated manufacture of scientific consensus corrupts the scientific process and leads to poor policy decisionsĪn essay with excerpts from my new book Climate Uncertainty and Risk.
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