Mann got caught lying on the taxpayers dime and the courts decided that the Attorney General had no right to investigate a University. That's a far cry from "trying to shut down research". It's actually trying to keep it honest. And we all know Mann is not the kind of scientist we want around.
. On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > No science is not political, rather there are those who would force > politics into scientific endeavors. Ideally you go with what the data > dictates, and change when more data says so. For instance in my own > (former) field there's been a transition in the last 20 years from > behavioral to cognitive and now neurophysical based strictly on the data. > > It hasn't been scientists who have tried to politicize science, its been > politicians like Cuccinelli of Virginia who tried to shut down climate > change research at UVA who have injected politics into science. Or > corporatists like the Koch brothers who have funded bogus think tanks to > contradict scientific findings, or religious fanatics trying to inject > their own twisted beliefs (e.g., fetal pain, evolutionary theory, or the > heliocentric model the solar system). > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:27 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Until all our scientists are robots instead of humans, there will always > be > > a political element to science. But if you are looking for your LEAST > > political arena, science is about the best you'll get. > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > Very true. Unfortunately its no longer the case. in the 70's the > majority > > > of scientists (56 > > > 56%) employed in the US were Republican. In the Pew Trust Survey of a > > > couple of years ago, less than 6% now label themselves as Republican. > > Given > > > the hostility of the party to science in general and to several > > fundamental > > > precepts of science in general, specifically evolution, I don't think > > that > > > will change any time soon, much to the Republican Party's detriment. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Scott Stewart < > [email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I agree with the sentiment that science shouldn't be politicized. It > > > > shouldn't be partisan at all (bi or otherwise) it needs to be above > the > > > > stupidity that is partisan politics. > > > > On Aug 31, 2013 1:57 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.salon.com/2013/01/11/scientists_hate_the_gop_for_a_reason/ > > > > > > > > > > presented without a comment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366849 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
