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Originally Posted by cyclone3483
eg. If a funding request came for a study on evolution, he would hopefully decide based on the need, the budget, and the importance (to the general populace) of the study, rather than his own personal feelings on it.
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I would hope a science minister is never in the position to adjucate the merit of science, or to make funding decisions on a particular project-those should be left to peer review
the Science minister does however have to oversee (and hopefully advocate for) the funding of Science as a whole, and to some extent on funding priorities...and if they are uncomfortable or unwilling to answer some pretty basic questions about basic underpinnings of some of the life sciences, that is potentially worrisome