/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12484015
>your politically rationalized scientific opinions are wrong
>my politically rationalized scientific opinions are right

fact of the matter is, once a topic becomes heavily political, the pertinent information, and the studies involving the topics, become skewed and biased along political lines to the point that logical discourse is impossible. both groups become distasteful of information or studies that skew towards the opposing opinion, even if just partially, which initially is just a marginal effect; "these numbers add up 2% differently than what I believe they should". however, this bias slowly adds up over years and years, until a factual rift forms between the viewpoints; virtually no beliefs are shared and meaningful discourse becomes impossible. the reality hasn't changed, it's just now considered "wrong" by both groups for being "biased" towards the other, and the topic is now impossible to talk about it beyond "we are all going to die" from group A and "absolutely everything is fine" from group B.