When politicians cherry-pick data and disregard facts, what should we academics do?

By Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor at the Ross School of Business and Education Director at the Graham Sustainability Institute, University of Michigan. Advocating for facts and evidence at the March for Science in California earlier this year. Matthew Roth/flickr, CC BY-NC When politicians distort science, academics and scientists tend to watch in shock from…