Republicans Introduces Bill To Require Political Approval Of Scientific Papers

[Cato]

This bill is too asinine to pass an up or down vote. If people are concerned that it might pass, all a democrat (or properly concerned republican) has to do is attach an amendment that revokes religious based tax exemptions.

So much for Bobby Jindal, current Republican Governor of Louisiana, imploring Republicans to not be the party of stupid.

[Dragonetti]

Innovations and Technology brings too much money to pass this! Republicans love money!

[Justtristo]

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[Darth]

this is only about blocking climate change bills.....no big deal

Might also be about some of the social 'sciences'. Take a look at what comes out of qualitative psychology or sociology, it's basically postmodernistic gobeldegook on the virtues of social justice (read: leftism) in which bias is embraced and included, rather than minimised.

[Kayenneh]

Yes, because it's such a smart idea to make people who don't understand the field to judge if a research is appropriate or not.[/sarcasm]

[Darth]

Yup, so lets stop letting politicians divert other people's money to it when those very politicians are in no position to judge the appropriateness.

[Polaris]

We already have this...they're called government grants.

[Darkstar]

We already have this...they're called government grants.

Not the same. The conducting of research must be approved to get grants. This law would require approval to publish the results of said research, after the politician(s) reviewed it.

[KichigaiNeko]

It's all going to end in tears.