Episode 4 - Politics and ScienceIf you hear anything in this podcast that you would like to comment about, please send it to [email protected] scientific model: data/observation -> theory/explanation -> hypothesis/prediction -> test/new observation/dataTheories are not guesses but explanations of collections of observations. Good theories explain a large number of observations and are contradicted by very few (preferably none).Science is about making observations, then finding explanations and conclusions based on those observationsPolitics versus Politicking: Do we see one as bad and the other as benign?Politics is the reverse of science, find the conclusion you want, then work to point out things that justify or manufacture those conclusionsCan science and politics co-exist?Fact check: @