Why are scientists leftist? Shouldn’t they be neutral?

If science is supposed to be objective, then why are not scientists politically neutral?

I just saw this questioned posed recently, I thought this was indeed a very interesting question. Embedded in this question there are so many misconceptions about science, culture and politics, which are very common in society today.

Are Scientists More Likely to Be Leftist?

Before answering this, we might actually try to establish whether scientists are indeed leftist? As it turns out, a lot of famous scientists were not only a little bit leftist but quite radical:

• Albert Einstein — One our greatest minds ever, wrote Why Socialism, which details why he was a socialist.
• Bertrand Russell — A noble laureate and British polymath who contributed to logic, set theory, artificial intelligence, computer science and mathematics. He was vocally championed socialist, liberal and pacifist ideas.
• Stephen Jay Gould — Prominent American evolutionary biologist. Gould was inspired by many ideas from Karl Marx, even if he did not consider himself a Marxist.
• Marie Curie — Who discovered radioactivity worked extensively with liberal and socialist…