The Longing For Tainted, Slanted Science -- Along Ideological Lines
What is science? From the UK Science Council:

Science is the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence.

From me -- what science is not:

Science is not about shoving the evidence under the rug because it seems "nicer" and more in line with academic "progressivism."

Yet, more and more, we see calls for this sort of thing -- from scientists or science-adjacent people who don't seem the least bit ashamed to make them. In fact, these people -- like this woman just below -- seem to be trying to recreate science in the form of a religion. (Pro tip: Her "honestly" means anything but that.)

Shermer's view is only "shallow" if goal is to put out "science"-flavored ideological bullshit & pretend it's actual science @michaelshermer pic.twitter.com/peFY8ot2qc

— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) March 24, 2017

And here's the first cousin to this sort of thinking, just down the hall in the liberal arts department. (Read Claire Lehmann's comment at the bottom first.)

Can you believe this fascistic philistinism was published in the @NewRepublic, a formerly great liberal journal? https://t.co/yFa6M0Zvqs pic.twitter.com/OHLymryvc3

— Claire Lehmann (@clairlemon) March 25, 2017

I blogged about this yesterday:

Artists Standing In For An Authoritarian State, Telling Another Artist What She Can't Paint And Demanding Her Work Be Destroyed