The Republican War on Science

Seed Magazine ^ | Chris Mooney

[furball4paws]

Here it is folks. The Left is awakening to what Creationists are doing to Science. Our worst fears. Also check out Seed Magazine which does not appear to have a online version yet, but it may be in your library. There is an article on this war and the Dover trial.

[furball4paws]

Your worst fears pingy.

[Fitzcarraldo]

I hope the left emotes itself to death.

[furball4paws]

The exerpt is from Mooney's book, but it is also part of the Seed article.

[furball4paws]

They aren't going to roll over. They must be squashed.

[Stepan12]

It would be better for the pro abortion side if embryonic stem cells showed the same value as adult stem cells.

And if embryonic stem cells are so usefel why isn't it funded privately or funded much by the private sector? I would think if it was as valuable as the media is making it out to be then it showed be a goldmine for the private sector.

[Mr. Mojo]

bump for later reading.....

[furball4paws]

I agree, generally, with you, but if you read the entire link you'll see that stem cells is just one thing and the Creationist/ID war on Evolution and the Dover trial also play a significant role.

[PatrickHenry]

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[furball4paws]

PLEASE NOTE:

The exerpt is from Mooney's book which is exerpted at the posted link. The article in Seed is by the same author and contains the same stuff in a more abbreviated form. In addition, the Seed article emphasizes the Creationist/ID attacks on Evolution and the Dover trial.

[jimfree]

And if embryonic stem cells are so usefel why isn't it funded privately or funded much by the private sector?

It could be the political fire over embryonic stem cells or the superior utility of adult and cord blood stem cells. Either or both could be good business reasons to pursue the course that the private sector has elected.

[Coyoteman]

creationism has been brought up to date by a far slicker form of antievolutionism, one that doesn't depend on absurdities like dinosaurs being herded onto Noah's ark and goes under the name of "intelligent design."

Creationism lite?

(Please ping me when "intelligent design" includes some real science, or when the Discovery Institute makes a discovery.)

[Stepan12]

I confess I only read the part you proffered and that was in regard to embryonic stem cells.

Incidentally, Michael Fumento has an article about the further value of adult stem cells.

[furball4paws]

They have. They discovered how to get money out of the pockets of yahoos.

[JakeWyld]

I never thought I'd see the day that conservatives attack conservatives...with leftist political agitprop.

[PatrickHenry]

Please ping me when "intelligent design" includes some real science, or when the Discovery Institute makes a discovery.

They have "discovered" the soft underbelly of science -- that government schools are run by elected school boards, which are often made up of scientific illiterates -- real estate salesmen, funeral directors, dentists' wives, etc. By flim-flamming such sorry material, they can get the "controversy" into the curriculum, thus plunging our children into the abyss of ignorance.

[furball4paws]

Personally, I have suspended my judgment concerning stem cells until I see enough hard science facts that will let me make an informed judgment. Right now there's too much emotion and politics to make a good choice. Thank you for the Fumento link. I'll digest it later.

[VadeRetro]

They're always discovering that another scientific study needs a press release in rebuttal.

[furball4paws]

A section of Conservatives are in a full assault on Science, which by its nature is apolitical. The Left will bash us with this. We need to know what's going on.

[Reactionary]

"The Left is awakening to what Creationists are doing to Science."

Oh. You think the left believes in science, in rationality? Have you missed the past 50 years of academic discourse? Have you not noticed that Heidegger and Focault and Derrida and the rest of the heroes of the left are anti-rationalists?

No? You mean you've swallowed this idiotic nonsense?