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Offline Askold

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Republicans continue their war against science and nature
« on: November 20, 2014, 05:37:00 am »
Their latest trick: http://www.salon.com/2014/11/19/house_republicans_just_passed_a_bill_forbidding_scientists_from_advising_the_epa_on_their_own_research/
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Pretty much what the title says. Scientific experts will be forbidden from being advisors to EPA when their own work is concerned and the right of corporations to hire experts to counter the research is protected.

Do you See this? This is what happens when you vote Republicans. As we say here: A nation will have the leaders they deserve.
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Re: Republicans continue their war against science and nature
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2014, 11:54:38 am »
Let's hope this doesn't end in a river catching fire.
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Re: Republicans continue their war against science and nature
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2014, 12:48:59 pm »
I've heard one theory that the reason intelligent life hasn't contacted us is because it is the nature of intelligent life to destroy itself.
This feels disturbingly relevant right now.
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Re: Republicans continue their war against science and nature
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2014, 12:53:26 pm »
Lovely. I don't think this will destroy humanity, but it'll make things tough for us, no doubt about it. In the past, I've said that the great thing about the Tea Party is that they embrace end times beliefs, which makes it tough for them to have a long term strategy. Looks like we're seeing the bad part of that.
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Re: Republicans continue their war against science and nature
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2014, 01:08:01 pm »
I know, I don't really think you'll destroy yourselves.
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Re: Republicans continue their war against science and nature
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2014, 02:08:32 am »
We might end up killing off a large portion of life on this planet, but humans are a lot like cockroaches we somehow manage to survive despite our best efforts.

Although to be honest, this bill isn't so much anti-science as it is pro-corporate. It is all about making it easy for lobbyists and companies with profit margins invested in screwing over the environment, to make as much money as possible. The science is purely secondary, if people were holding active protests against these things, the companies would make that illegal too.
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