The Myth of Disinterested Science

Roger Highfield, editor of the New Scientist, reviews the current dispute among internationally famed scientists on the subject of "kin selection" in evolutionary theory [don't worry, his article will explain what it is all about] and concludes:

The only conclusion is that the idea that science is a disinterested quest for truth, where only rational argument counts, is a myth. Like any human endeavour, it is swayed by fashions, by belief – and sometimes even by the lynch mob. 

That's something I have been saying for a long time. There is no such thing as a disinterested authority, scientific or otherwise.

Read Highfield's piece here.