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How does the social context effect the questions and results of the scientific enterprise?  

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How does the social context effect the questions and results of the scientific enterprise? Social context has quite a significant effect on the questions and results of the scientific enterprise. This is because scientific research has always been largely affected by society, as it is society that often controls what is researched in science. A lot of what is researched depends on what people want to know, and what they believe in. There have often been restraints on what is researched due to social factors such as religion, government, and even the general public. One factor that has always had a large effect on the questions and results of the scientific enterprise is religion. Throughout history, there has always been an ongoing conflict between religion and science. Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, for example, came into direct conflict with several religions, namely those of Christianity and Islam. This was, of course, because...

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