Sci and Politics

Sure science is political. EVERYTHING is political. In politics there's the constant question oof right or wrong, how far is too far and what can you do to grab the attention of enough people to get your point across. Science is all about pushing the boundaries of current human knowledge, but there's always the question of morals and political correctness that, at times, conflicts.

Example, we could have already made HUGE advances in finding the cure for loads of diseases if human cloning were made legal. Just suck out all the WBC's and blood you need...we'd have saved so many people by now. But what about the person just took the stuff from? In fact, do they even count as a person? They were created in a petri dish, not fermented in a mother's womb like a real human. Many similar scientific topics are actually heavily debated in politics right now.

Nowadays, science is almost like a show-and-tell type of deal. Both my parents are professors and (especially dad) knows that hey, even though the work he's doing is for the entire human race, to try to prolong and better their quality of life, you still need MONEY to fund that goal. If no one gives a cracker about you or your work, then no matter how much you want to cure a disease, it just won't happen. Like in politics you've got to sell the ideas and yourself. Keep writing grants and keep smiling, even when all you want to do is take your report and give the reviewer the worst paper cut of his life.