Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency In our increasingly secular age, being on the side of science is similar to being on the side of God â a way to settle an argument by not actually making an argument. Just enlist an unassailable authority and move on. Thatâs how Joe Biden campaigned for president, vowing to âfollow the scienceâ on the COVID-19 pandemic wherever it led him. Only now it seems like heâs leading the science as much as the science is leading him. And that was inevitable. First, as with God, itâs sometimes difficult to know what science says. This isnât meant as an anti-science talking point. Science is good. Science is real. But science doesnât speak on every issue with a booming voice that clears all doubts like a thunderclap scattering pigeons. Sometimes scientists â the high priests charged with telling us what science says â disagree with each other. (Priests also have their disagreements. You can look it up.)