Via John Cook, we have this thought for the day from John Barry:
“When you mix politics with science, you get politics.” — John Barry
— John D. Cook (@JohnDCook) May 18, 2021
We can all agree that politics is a necessity for human interaction but it can also be a cancer that corrupts everything it comes in contact with. The trick is to keep it confined in its own domain and not let it infect domains like science where it doesn’t belong. Sadly, it’s a lesson we seem to have forgotten.