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Science as Dissent: The Practical Value of Basic and Applied Science
Author(s) -
Crandall Christian S.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/josi.12319
Subject(s) - dissent , democracy , value (mathematics) , political science , presidential system , sociology , liberal democracy , citizenship , public relations , law , computer science , politics , machine learning
Abstract Threats to democracy loom around the world, but scientists of all kinds can resist. I begin by describing two practical opportunities offered at the 2017 Presidential Address in Albuquerque, NM, and quickly turn to the close connection between science and democracy. Science and education promote both scientific and democratic values by building the infrastructure of democracy. Science and democracy coevolved, rely on, and mutually benefit each other, and are part of the fabric of civil institutions, which provide support for democracy. By being an often independent, nonpartisan, and methodologically constrained process for generating knowledge, science is a form of dissent . I offer a source list of over 200 nonviolent ways to help promote and preserve democracy. Indispensably, conducting science and teaching citizenship are critical ways to promote democracy, enhance participation, and develop dissent.