"The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie."
— Joseph A. Schumpeter, 'History of Economic Analysis (New York: Oxford University Press, 1954)', p. 43n
Some scientists would like you to believe that the methodology they supposedly practice has intentions, and can be trusted to have invulnerable integrity.
Science is a methodology and cannot do anything — including such things as tell the truth, or lie. Only human beings, such as scientists, can lie.
Saying 'Science does not lie' is itself a kind of lie — it is an attempt to deceive others that a process that requires the actions of human beings, can never be corrupt, when that process can only be as valid as the human beings who engage in it are honest.
Especially when monetary reward is possible, the invulnerable integrity implied by the statement 'Science does not lie' is obvious propaganda — of course, a method cannot lie, but scientists, like most other humans, can and will, when it suits them.
Supposed 'scientists' marching on Washington with such obvious propaganda is just one more reason not to trust them —
https://twitter.com/i/moments/824382457570996224
https://web.archive.org/web/20170128023006/https:/twitter.com/i/moments/824382457570996224
https://archive.is/2p47s
https://twitter.com/TimKarr/status/824302160859037696
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