Science cannot be independent of politics. State policy determines the priorities of state financing of scientific fields. Research results can be used in politics. Therefore, the scientist must take into account the possible consequences of his research.

Science cannot be independent of politics. State policy determines the priorities of state financing of scientific fields. Research results can be used in politics. Therefore, the scientist must take into account the possible consequences of his research.

Politicians use scientific application for the shake of govt / their personal interest

For eg , weapens .

Dear Andrey Skorobogatov Jaydip Datta thank you for your comments.

When we're talking about politics and science, please read this: "Bülent Şık, former deputy director of the Food Safety and Agricultural Research Center at Akdeniz University, was convicted of disclosing classified information after he published the results as a four-part series in a Turkish newspaper in April 2018. “Bülent Şık fulfilled his duty as a citizen and a scientist and he used his right to freedom of expression,” his lawyer, Can Atalay, said in his closing statement before the sentence was handed down by a court in Istanbul.

The study was commissioned by Turkey’s Ministry of Health to see whether there was a connection between toxicity in soil, water, and food and the high incidence of cancer in western Turkey. Working for 5 years, Şık and a team of scientists discovered dangerous levels of pesticides, heavy metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in multiple food and water samples from several provinces in western Turkey. Water in several residential areas was also found to be unsafe for drinking because of lead, aluminum, chrome, and arsenic pollution...., and so on, and so on"

Source: McTighe, K. (2019). Turkish scientist gets 15-month sentence for publishing environmental study. Science/Scientific Community. doi:10.1126/science.aaz6627. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/turkish-scientist-gets-15-month-sentence-publishing-environmental-study

So much about independent science. I have no further comments.

Dear Lazar Vukadinovic ,

First, I like to define your question as a valuable potential socio-political issue enable to trigger different viewpoints in relation to the different backgrounds and life-based experiences among all of us, based on several aspects.

Premised that, secondly, I modestly think that Politics and Science are two delicate "scopes" that shoul work together in order to make the world a better place, where to live and work with-no stress or injustice.

Instead, there's a huge "BUT" to be mentioned: it would have been great to say that Science and Politics work through a great intersection of valuable aims for our lives, BUT Politics and Science - in relation to the different goals (mostly political goals) - are not always able to do that, because of the priorities imposed by Politics and not always these priorities are "good things" (e.g. nuclear weapons, etc...).

When something like that happens, Science is negatively affected by Politics, because the Power is regulated by Minds interested in dangerous and hazardous interests: Thirst for Power and Money are their only deities.

Therefore, the point could be this one: the key-factor of this issue could consist of the word "INTEREST". Interests can move the world: this aspect could be fundamental to make our life much better - but the result needs to be PROGRESS... NOT Destruction.

Best regards,

Antonella

Dear Sinisa Srecec and Antonella Dimotta thank you for your contributions on the topic. @ Sinisa Srecec you have mentioned an excelkent example on how in fact science to a great deal depends on politics.@ Antonella Dimotta thanks for an indepth analysis and your suggestion of 'interest' being crucial element of success.

Good and interesting question, although I can answer only in relative terms because there are many types of politics and science.

If we speak about politics and science that have as first goal the human and environmental benefit, politics and science should have a strong and good relationship.

Otherwise, every intermediate relationship can exist, specifically if we consider another variable: the form of democracy in the country.

I agree with the legal view point presented by Andrey Skorobogatov@.

The state uses some science to ensure:

- food self-sufficiency,

- the health and education of its present and future work force, as well as

- the capacity to protect its citizens in times of aggression from/ war with another country.

Nothing bad in that.

Some scientists are more independent than others, if their field of work is not commissioned by the state, or perceived by the state as crucial, practical, or advanced enough to suit the above purposes directly.

I think the relationship between politics and sciences takes all kinds of forms you can imagine, it depends on the politicians and scientists.

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