radfordinlondon
Vital Football Legend
That wasn't a general comment on science, it was specific to the response in this country. Lots climate science is brilliant, I just have been frustrated at how ineffective scientists have actually been at communicating and persuading power of it's importance and urgency. The most effective advocates we've had are an economist and a schoolgirl.
They've failed in the UK and USA also for this current crisis. Perhaps they were always fated too given the administrations involved, but that doesn't mean they've been effective.
Knowledge is largely useless if it's disregarded and even more so with the likes of Trump or I'm sick of experts Raab at the wheel they need to find a new way to communicate.
The neutrality argument is a cop out when we are facing such profoundly challenging times.
The real cop out is lumping all that responsibility onto experts, scientists or someone else.
The scientific thing to is ask why knowledge is becoming less effectual (as you have already defined the problem) or why a schoolgirl has more influence. How about a 'simple' one to start with- why do people smoke despite the scientific knowledge available?
Maybe go back a few pips where some wise soul pointed out authority does not like to have its assumptions challenged. They could have added that none of us do!