Science Vs Politics

Now, this is an extremely broad topic, and there is a lot of controversy with this stuff. If the government did not have any control on scientific research, there could be...disastrous consequences. For example, health standards are somewhat "scientific" and must be regulated by the government in order for society to not get sick. There must be regulations, but the government must open it's palm when dealing with science.


Let's suppose that some food product (In this case, Ruffles) had the cure for some epidemic disease....like AIDS. The government would most likely cover it up (where this gets controversial) and halt production of Ruffles. Now you may ask, why would the government do that? If there was a cure for AIDS, imagine all those experts (dedicated to fighting AIDS) losing their jobs. This was be catastrophic to our economy, and a TON of jobs would be lost. (Similar to "What if there was a cure for cancer?")

It makes us think, would a non-governmental approach to anything related to science benefit society? Or will it make things worse?



I chose ruffles, because ruffles give me rofl.