Power and Science Power can bring technology...
and discipline to the sciences, however as in all societies, power risks corrupting, and as a subject of power, science can be corrupted. Science is by nature, abstract and objective, thus science is not subject to the demands of political interests. However, issues such as the politicization of global warming, and governments of the world who are not accountable to an open truth system, combined with a press which acts in it's own economic interests at the expense of accountability and truth to such governments, we have formed the Hague-Zurich League.
Science needs watchdogs While science may not...
be able to prove or disprove it's own truth or value, as is justified through the work of Kuhn, we may however, look at whether the principles and procedures of the scientific method are themselves being followed. And if not, ask why and make an evaluation judgment based on the considerations at hand. The Hague-Zurich League is determined to work with scientific boards and journals in order to advance the discovery of the natural world and democratize the discovery process.
Government needs science Science, as an abstraction of...
the natural world, depends on philosophy. Philosophy, which depends on the right to speak freely, depends on democracy to secure this right. Representative democracy depends on open governance and cultivating an informed ruling population in congruence with the principles of egalitarian rights and blind justice. Thus, a government without science is a tyranny. We work to make governments accountable to open science and transparent, clear knowledge bases.