[ExI] The "war on science" is over. Now what?

Samantha  Atkins sjatkins at mac.com
Fri Jan 16 23:18:28 UTC 2009


On Jan 16, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Damien Broderick wrote:

> http://www.slate.com/id/2208789/
>
> Science
> Mission Accomplished
>
> The "war on science" is over. Now what?
> By Chris Mooney
>
> The "war on science" is over. Or at least it is in the sense that I  
> originally meant the phrase: We're at the close of the Bush  
> administration's years of attacks on the integrity of scientific  
> informationits biased editing of technical documents, muzzling of  
> government researchers, and shameless dispersal of faulty ideas  
> about issues like global warming.
>

Actually judging by Obama appointees and their known statements,  the  
new administration is every bit as biased on this subject howbeit in  
the opposite direction.

- samantha




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