Many observers feel that think tanks are too closely allied with certain political parties, and may evolve into mere tools for endorsing the views of the latter. But a democratic society must have its machinery. Debate must involve the presentation of logic and evidence.
雖然也有人質疑，今天的許多智庫與政黨關係太過密切，可能淪為為政黨政策背書的工具，但民主社會自有其運行軌道，多元辯證必須學理、事理俱全；人民知識水準不斷提升，眼界自然不同，公正也自在人心。