GOP's contempt for science hits rock bottom

[bit_pattern]

If you disagree, I encourage you to shout loudly and proudly as the election approaches.

Do you run around with a bell screeching 'UNCLEAN. UNCLEAN!' whenever you come across something not ideologically pure enough for you?

 

[hgc]

I take issue with the term "rock bottom" used in the thread title. It's bottomless.

 

[bit_pattern]

^^ Touche...

Just going to leave this here:

Nah, not buying it, I'm sure the man has a point but really, I couldn't give tupenny***** about overall science funding (at least not in this context) or the fact that the GOP pour cash into things like Star Wars (it science spending!) at a rate higher than democrats, I'm concerned with the fact that we have a 10-20 year window to get our **** together and seriously reduce CO2 emissions if we want to have the slightest chance of avoiding a catastrophic 3-4 degree C temperature rise. And the fact that the GOP Senate doesn't even believe there is a problem to be solved is a serious risk to everybody on the planet.

 

[thaiboxerken]

Just going to leave this here:

You should throw your garbage in the trash can, not leave it out for everyone to suffer.

 

[Captain.Sassy]

Hint: Destroying the economy for little to no gain is not "scientific fact". That's scientists involving themselves in economic predictions, demonstrated to be unmitigated failure. The cure would be far worse than the disease.

You need to upgrade to a better google. Every link you post is to that same site.

 

[bit_pattern]

Dooood, it's the ULTIMATE resource! Julian Simon is obviously God

 

[theprestige]

You mean the contempt for science could go deeper?

Deeper than saying that questions about scientific accuracy have been raised, and should be answered?

As low as this may seem to some people, yeah, I think contempt for science could go a lot deeper. I mean, it's not like McCain said "magnets, how do they work?"

 

[leftysergeant]

Deeper than saying that questions about scientific accuracy have been raised, and should be answered?

As low as this may seem to some people, yeah, I think contempt for science could go a lot deeper. I mean, it's not like McCain said "magnets, how do they work?"

It's not like the old coot offered any evidence that the science is questionable, either. All he did was refer to some bogus "evidence" concocted by a sleazeball hacker.

 

[bit_pattern]

"Evidence" that HAS been answered, not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES already. The only "questions" that remain are those being raised by politically motivated flogs like John McCain and the GOP whose goals are to generate doubt in the minds of the masses.

 

[Phrost]

You should throw your garbage in the trash can, not leave it out for everyone to suffer.

I'm sorry, I thought Neil Tyson was a world-renowned physicist and champion for Science in general.

You consider his point of view trash? Why, because it conflicts with yours?

 

[mumblethrax]

I'm sorry, I thought Neil Tyson was a world-renowned physicist and champion for Science in general.

You consider his point of view trash? Why, because it conflicts with yours?

As a political scientist, Tyson makes a wonderful astronomer.

 

[Phrost]

As a political scientist, Tyson makes a wonderful astronomer.

Same thing goes for Chomsky and Linguistics.