[Old_Mil]

They need to let the public know that science is objective and universal and independent of any political belief system, and that it can be appreciated and understood by everyone.

An interesting post. What you say has some truth to it. The scientific method and scientific inquiry themselves are consist of a universal search for objective truth and are apolitical.

Unfortunately, the scientific establishment is far from being apolitical. A majority of scientists in America are liberal atheists who have far more in common with journalists than they do with giants like Einstein, Newton, and Pasteur.

[Right Wing Professor]

A majority of scientists in America are liberal atheists who have far more in common with journalists than they do with giants like Einstein, Newton, and Pasteur

This is just a lie. A majority of scientists are not atheists, and most scientists are rather conservative. They're just not brain-dead, lock-step fundamentalist zombies.

[furball4paws]

When Science is attacked politically, it must defend itself politically. Almost every scientist I know (and that is thousands) would like nothing better than to be left alone to pursue their pet scientific projects.