Posted on 01/28/2017 9:35:15 AM PST by tcrlaf
Welcome! We want to thank you all for your incredible outpouring of support for this march. We are working to schedule a March for Science on DC and across the United States. We have not settled on a date yet but will do so as quickly as possible and announce it here.
Although this will start with a march, we hope to use this as a starting point to take a stand for science in politics. Slashing funding and restricting scientists from communicating their findings (from tax-funded research!) with the public is absurd and cannot be allowed to stand as policy. This is a non-partisan issue that reaches far beyond people in the STEM fields and should concern anyone who values empirical research and science.
There are certain things that we accept as facts with no alternatives. The Earth is becoming warmer due to human action. The diversity of life arose by evolution. Politicians who devalue expertise risk making decisions that do not reflect reality and must be held accountable. An American government that ignores science to pursue ideological agendas endangers the world.
Please bear with us as pull together our mission statement and further details. Many more updates to come on Monday.
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[[Can’t help but think there will no longer be a market for their services.]]
Sadly they will have a market- as soon as another democrat wins office- they will shove their agenda through full speed ahead knowing that they won’t have another opportunity to do so if a republican takes office the next time after that-
Idiots. is that idiot supreme hordren gone yet?
Political Scientists... I take it.
[[“There are certain things that we accept as facts with no alternatives. The Earth is becoming warmer due to human action.”
That is the antithesis of the scientific method.]]
Exactly- they have taken the wholly unscientific principle of “Correlation equals causation” and turned science upside down with it-
I have yet to see one damned ‘climate scientist’ who believes man is responsible for climate change explain to the world how just 0.00136% of the atmosphere can possibly capture, hold and back radiate enough heat to cause catastrophic global climate change- And we never will see any of them explain this in solid concrete scientific manner because it’s is absolutely asinine to claim that this small amount of CO2 in the atmosphere could possibly cause ANY kind of change whatsoever- even locally- forget globally-
The thing that upsets me the most is that even the republicans seem to be all on board the ‘man-caused cliamte change’ train because none of them cared enough to study the actual numbers and prove to the world that man could not possibly be the cause- because we don’t produce nearly enough CO2-
To put this into perspective- the amount of CO2 i n the atmosphere, as a direct result of man, which takes up just 0.00136% of the atmosphere- is roughly akin to:
Taking an 8x11 sheet of paper- and taking a pencil- and placing a dot the size of the pencil point on the paper- That small insignificant dot roughly represents how much CO2 is in our atmosphere-
There is NO thick blanket of CO2 covering the globe preventing heat from escaping- There isn’t a thick blanket of greenhouse gases and water vapour doing so- greenhouse gases take up only 0.04% of the atmosphere- That’s it! Not even a 1/2 of 1%
I wonder how many “scientists” will be disguised as shrimp walking on a treadmill...............................
These popular culture main stream scientists dont understand there is a difference between knowledge and wisdom. So many scientist types are simply stupid, ignorant boobs outside of their specialties.
We the Scientists....
We the Actors....
We the Bums....
*DOWN WITH HELIOCENTRICISM!”
“DEATH TO GALILEO!”
Oh, wait. The ‘science establishment’ has new demands now...
These clowns don't even know what "Science" is---
The following criminal mob? Even less.
If the mob violence continue, RICO the suckers!
A real national debate by real scientists must take place soon using the Federal Rules of Evidence.
That's why the Federal Rules of evidence exist. To separate the hairdressers and pervert violent fakers from the actual credentialed scientists working in documented real science...
I still can't believe that ANY rational human being, scientist or not has declared CO2 a poison gas; and the dumb eternally ignorant cattle march and riot in support.
Lykens for Climate Change. Who knew Werewolves were crazy?
I think the first day in April would be most appropriate.
Oh my. I can see it now.
A group from FR dressed in lab coats complete with pocket protectors and horned rimmed glasses getting directly in front of a media live stream and chanting that.
Space escalators are intended to go pretty high, but not quite that high.
Unfortunately ~
"Science advances one funeral at a time."
-- Max Planck
Logic never fits into a liberals agenda it’s why they are in the dark in so many things.
At least there will be, once President Trump chases all the illegals out of the job market.
The assertion that the Earth is becoming warmer due to human action is UNSUPPORTED. Rather than making a political statement by marching, spend your time providing the data and science to prove the hypothesis that mankind is causing climate change.
Answer the questions. Document your methodology, assumptions, and data. Be sure to account for the effects and role of the Sun.
That reminds me. I need to go to Home Depot and find someone to replace my toilet before it becomes cost prohibitive.
Someone needs to read Eisenhower’s farewell address.
From https://www.technocracy.news/index.php/2017/01/25/technocrats-call-scientists-run-public-office-now
Conventional wisdom says scientists should stay out of politics. Unfortunately, politics can’t seem to stay out of science. It’s becoming increasingly clear that we need more scientists to run for—and win—elected office. Thankfully, more and more scientists seem to be stepping up to the plate.
The stakes are high. Elected officials aren’t just rejecting climate science. They’re investigating climate researchers whose findings they don’t like.
On evolution, the Texas school board is slated to go yet another round on whether or not biology teachers should be forced to undermine students’ understanding of evolution.
Rep. Marcia Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has peppered fetal tissue researchers with subpoenas as part of an investigation targeting Planned Parenthood, causing at least one scientist to have to halt his work for a year.
In Arizona, former state senator and now-Congressman Andrew Biggs (R) leaned on Arizona State University to deny a psychologist tenure. He didn’t like how medical marijuana advocates were citing her research on veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder who self-medicate with cannabis.
And then there’s President Donald Trump, who not only calls climate change a hoax, but who has also spread discredited fears about life-saving vaccines. Medical researchers were rightfully worried when he met with noted anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who suggested the administration would amplify his views.
Clearly, we’d benefit from having more scientists in office.
We actually don’t know how many there are out there among the roughly 500,000 elected positions nationwide. But in Congress, at least, Bill Foster (D-Ill.), a physicist by training, is the only PhD researcher.
We’re “entering into a new period where getting the facts wrong is no longer disqualifying,” he told Ars, “and we need more scientists to speak up. Any scientist knows that if you say something you know to be false, it will end your career. And that used to be the case in politics.”
...This isn’t something scientists are used to thinking about. But the Cold War, trust-the-experts consensus in Washington—and in the rest of the nation—has eroded. Big corporations and extreme ideologues have popularized alternative expertise and “alternative facts” to push their agendas. While this has been a problem for a long time, professional reporters and editors who put a credibility filter on the news are still important but have lost influence to hardliner sites like Breitbart and conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones, who has more YouTube subscribers, at 2 million, than NASA.
The good news is that scientists are still widely respected and trusted by the public at large...
More proof of the absence of satire you pointed out. It's more akin to insanity.
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