The links between philosophy, scientific freedom and democracy

 The links between philosophy, scientific freedom and democracy

The links between philosophy, scientific freedom and democracy.

Healthy democracies need critical minds. By extension, healthy human communities also need critical minds, that is, they need everyone's point of view and what will then be their goal to be a synthesis of views. And let us bear in mind that in any synthesis the components may not necessarily have equal weights. It is on the basis of this principle that the Socratic Principle (Socrates 470-399 BC, was one of the most important ancient Greek philosophers with a timeless global impact) on the weight of the opinion of the experts is introduced. 

If this is the case, let us consider in how many small or larger human communities (e.g., organized political or social groups at the local or supra-local level, etc.) that we know of, around us, there is acceptance and appreciation of critical minds. In other words, how many of the human communities we know are governed by freedom and democracy?