| Summary: | Science and policy exist symbiotically: science informs the government, which funds science to continue innovating and producing new information. While it is true that few policymakers are themselves scientists, it is thanks to scientists that the United States put a person on the moon and the Surgeon General puts warning labels on alcohol and tobacco products. Similarly, science as we know it could not be conducted without policy and support from decision makers. The government continually spends vast sums of money on fundamental and applied research at universities and laboratories because policymakers know how important continued innovation is to our world.
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