By John Hallmark One of the greatest philosophical arguments in discovery is the battle over epistemology. Indeed, science was virtually the only acceptable way of knowing in the last century or two. Science addressed all questions. Science solved all problems. The key reason science has enjoyed this status is the perception that science is objective, it does not succumb to personal biases, myths, legends, traditions.
Science is perfect and above ethical reproach.
This is, of course, nonsense and many interested parties have become more vocal at pointing to this emperor wearing no clothes. It isn't that science is bad or unethical. Science, and more accurately the discovery process on which we base it, has given us an unparalleled standard of living and a quality of life that humans have perhaps never matched. The most credible criticism has come from those who claim that science is biased. No doubt, it is.