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Scientists versus politicians

Tim Radford November 2, 2009.

Print: The Guardian

Governments have a history of not listening to their scientific advisers. Politicians, popes and princes want things that can be said unequivocally, while scientists know that their advice is necessarily provisional, and sometimes open to dispute.