There was a big push over a year ago by a small gang of deranged posters to try to get all the science threads tossed off this website. That group is mostly all banned now, but one or two still linger on, presumably bitter that the Dark Ages haven't yet been restored. They failed, in part because they were flat-out crazy, and in part, I believe, because Jim Robinson recognizes that the scope of this website is bigger than just the daily nuts and bolts of politics. It's vitally important to attract educated, science-literate people to this website, and it's also important not to repel them from the Republican party. We need to demonstrate to the lurking world that -- contrary to liberal propaganda -- we conservatives aren't all a bunch of flat-earthers.
bravo!
One reason these threads belong in activism is that the continuing attacks on the idea of science by Creationists. The Creationists and their soulmates the Postmoderndesconstructionists attack the idea that scientific inquiry is a valid method of gaining knowledge. Both groups (along with the new-agers, neo-pagans, et al.) claim the ability to acquire knowledge that "more valid" than that of scientific inquiry; in case of conflict with science, the personal feelings of the Creationist (et al.) are considered to be superior. (What happens when Creationists disagree among themselves seems yet to be determined.) This attack on science has moved into the political realm and thus is a valid topic for discussion.