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Values enter science in a number of ways. The first point of entry is
the selection of the problem to be investigated - the choice of the
problem, who makes the choice and on what grounds. Society, the
political realities of power, prejudice and value systems will influence
even the "purest" science.
Values also play an important part in determining what is actually
seen as a problem, what questions are asked and how they are
answered. For example, cancer rather than diabetes may be seen as
a problem, even though they may both claim the same number of
victims. Here both political and ideological concerns can make one
problem invisible while focusing attention on another.
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