Science and Democracy are Synergistic

The values of science and tha values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable. Science confers power on anyone who takes the trouble to learn it. Science thrives on the free exchange of ideas; its values are antithetical to secrecy. Science holds to no special vantage points or privileged positions. Both science and democracy encourage unconventional opinions and vigorous debate. Both demand adeguate reason, coherent argument, rigorous standards of evidence and honesty. Science is a baloney detector, a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. The more widespread its language, rules, and methods, the better chance we have of preserving what Jefferson and his colleagues had in mind. But democracy can also be subverted more thoroughly with the tools of science than any pra-industrial demagogue ever dreamed

Notes:

The two concepts support one another.

Folksonomies: science democracy public policy

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Advocating science and hope : draft essay

Unpublished Work>Publication of Limited Circulation: Sagan , Carl (1994), Advocating science and hope : draft essay, Retrieved on 2014-03-03

Source Material [www.loc.gov]

Folksonomies: science public policy

Schemas

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Scientific Virtues

Memes that define the virtues of science and behaviors that we should emulate.

Folksonomies: enlightenment science virtue