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"Further, policy makers uphold this understanding by requesting scientific certainties in order to legitimise their policy decisions."

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What is meant by this sentence? 
 
"Further, policy makers uphold this understanding by requesting scientific certainties in order to legitimise their policy decisions."

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Politicians, when seeking evidence for policy-making, encourage the belief that scientists can produce incontestable facts.

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When seeking evidence for policy-making, politicians do not understand the fact that scientists are unable to act as ‘bearers of truth’.

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Politicians consider the scientific research that supports their policies as more legitimate than other research.

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Scientific institutions encourage politicians to use them for policy-making in order to improve their status.

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