This is the terrifying legacy house Republicans are leaving us with
November 21, 2014 at 10:21 am
(This post was last modified: November 21, 2014 at 10:22 am by orogenicman.)
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politic...n-research
House Republicans Pass Bill Forbidding Scientists from Advising EPA on Their OWN Research
They don't even try to hide it any more.
House Republicans Pass Bill Forbidding Scientists from Advising EPA on Their OWN Research
Quote:"We get it, you don't like science. Especially when it interferes with your corporate clients."
They don't even try to hide it any more.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
