In the case of Stalinism, people actually distorted science because it was for the good of the Communist Party.

I'm fond of science fiction. But not all science fiction. I like science fiction where there's a scientific lesson, for example - when the science fiction book changes one thing but leaves the rest of science intact and explores the consequences of that. That's actually very valuable.

Science - or the products of science like technology - is just a way of achieving something real, something that happens, something that works.

Richard Dawkins Quotes