Perhaps the most significant finding: "Thirty-six percent (36%) believe that, most of the time, scientists’ research findings are motivated by a desire to advance their own careers. Only 32% say that they mostly rely on the best scientific evidence. Twenty-seven percent (27%) believe that political views of the scientists generally influence their work."
https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_August_21,_2017
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vastrightwing ago
Science has been politicized and is now goal seeking. Scientists who need work must shut up and goal seek. The ones who try to do science only work until the results conflict with the goal.