An interesting topic and the results seemed surprisingly positive towards science ... until you read the fine print and discover the poll was of readers around the world who completed a survey on the Scientific American or Nature websites.
The results are obviously meaningless.
Who is on these websites? People interested in science.
I imagine a poll taken at the Federal Liberal policy retreat this weekend will likely show a solid support for a Liberal Government -- but that doesn't necessarily reflect the electorate's position.
Sadly, and inexplicably, Scientific American has published a very non-scientific poll.
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They're not alone in this. Even a relatively superficial survey will show that most of the 'data' people are presented with on a day to day basis through print and electronic media are similarly unreliable or corrupt.
It's one of the great tragedies of our times, that in an age of unparallelled knowledge and ingenuity, that so much of it is distorted and manipulated by some very old-fashioned forces of politics, influence and control.
Choose your profession wisely, and be clear about where you stand.
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