Daniel Sarewitz: "What I don’t think is that one can legitimately hide behind one’s identity as a scientist in taking a position that is fundamentally a political one"

Making Sense of the Science Wars : Collide-a-Scape

DS: I don’t take a dim view of mixing science and politics at all. I take a dim view of pretending that you’re not mixing them when you really are. I’m a Democrat, probably far left of much of the party, and I think it’s great for scientists to participate in politics. Just like it’s great for other citizens. What I don’t think is that one can legitimately hide behind one’s identity as a scientist in taking a position that is fundamentally a political one.