The politician you think represents your interests may be less than eager to expose or challenge the bogus science of a campaign contributor. Recently, I watched the movie The Matrix. The movie is great fun, but it makes a serious point. In our society, we no longer occupy the central role. The corporate machines need us to buy their goods and work in their factories, and in return they generate a rosy image of a world containing boundless resources, a world in which disease does not exist, a world where, if we don't have comfortable knowledge of our future, at least we have comfortable ignorance.
Science is a tool.
We can use it to seek the truth, or we can use it to reassure ourselves that nothing is really wrong after all. The author wishes to thank Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly for information contained in this article.