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Originally Posted by looooob
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
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On the contrary, it shows to me that he is keeping his personal beliefs out of it. He is attempting to be objective. His personal belief, if he does not let it affect his job, is unimportant. What if he were an athiest in that position and he was asked if he believed in intelligent design, and he refused to answer because he said his personal beliefs were unimportant? Would that be any different? Not at all.