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Our class reading for the "war on science" showed many reasons to believe that there is in fact a war on science. Due to a lack of public knowledge, lack of public approval, and lack of public consideration, this "war" is shown to be alive and well. The article I chose to compare to our class article is titled, "Is there really a war on science?" written by Robin Lloyd posted on scientificamerica.com. The article goes into detail about whether or not a war does exist, and why or why not, while not giving up a direct answer to the question of if there is "truly" a war going on. One section of the article that really stood out to me was the idea that a war does not really matter. What is important about the issue of this topic is the fact that it can't clearly be answered if there is a "war" on science. The point of this section of the article is to show that there may not be a war or there may be a war, but calling something a "war" is counterproductive to the issue at hand. How can we strive to formulate a congruent policy structure with science believers and science doubters if we are allowing the media to tell us it must be a violent and negativity connotated subject like war? This viewpoint greatly influenced my opinion on the matter. in my opinion, there is not a "war" on science. There are no battles being fought, and it is rare to even see something as blatant as a protest, therefore; to call it a "war" is unfair and unjust. However, I do in fact believe that there is conflict between scientists and those who oppose them. But, it is not enough for it to be considered a war.

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