RE: One should never have to be told that politicians want to contaminate the scientific process with political agendas.

Politicians engage in practice called "political science."

Unlike hard science, STEM, where people are interested in pursing the truth, a politician studies the effect of words in the pursuit of power.

Political science has a completely different foundation than real science. Unfortunately people fall for the claim that "scientific socialism" is somehow based on science because it contains the term "science."

!PIZZA