silveraw
Level 9 Valued Member
I dunno, I'd say when people dismiss well designed studies that don't agree with them immediately because they were funded by an organization with an interest in the topic is pretty anti science. Especially when they will hold up a poorly designed study that shows what they agree with but was funded by someone who also has a vested interest in the outcome.While this might seem similar, I do not see an anti-science trend per se.
I think it would be better to say that they are presenting science to support a rhetorical position rather than moving their position to accommodate a scientific finding. I find that to be anti-science.
At least to me science is basically a systematic way to learn more about the world. If I use it to only support my bias and ignore it when it doesn't, I'm being antithetical to its core purpose.