Science Schmience: Back to the 17th Century
| By gqmartinez - Jul 18th, 2005 at 10:06 am EDT |
Grover Norquist and Stephen Moore want to take us back to 1920s economics. Some Republicans want to take education back to the days before the Scopes trial in the 1920s. Zell Miller wanted us to get back to the days of duels in the 18th century, but GOP congressman Joe Barton (TX) wants us to go even futher back in time.
The Washington Post writes about Barton's attempt to "investigate" scientists who have presented results that differ from the GOP pro-business view that global warming does not exist. It seems as though we can investigate scientists who present evidence differing from the world view of those in power. Have we not learned anything from the days of Galileo?
This is a dangerous precedent. I guess as we are seeing in the Wilson-Plame case, there is nothing too low that you can do if you are trying to push your world view on others.
The Washington Post writes about Barton's attempt to "investigate" scientists who have presented results that differ from the GOP pro-business view that global warming does not exist. It seems as though we can investigate scientists who present evidence differing from the world view of those in power. Have we not learned anything from the days of Galileo?
This is a dangerous precedent. I guess as we are seeing in the Wilson-Plame case, there is nothing too low that you can do if you are trying to push your world view on others.
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