Playing the science Trump card
Scientists could make ideal politicians
Scientific training and experience are in many ways an ideal background for politics. Elected leaders must make informed policy decisions and this requires an appreciation of facts and data, as well as an ability to weigh evidence. Therefore, the success of a grassroots effort in the US to get more people with science and technology backgrounds into public office is not surprising, amid a perception that the Trump administration is attacking science while promoting so-called ‘alternative facts’.