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Politicizing Science

Posted by michael on from the he-who-has-the-gold dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "The Washington Post has a story about the government's efforts to remove independent scientific review boards and replace them with officials that match the views of administration. This includes careless elimination of life-saving safety regulations in gene-therapy to help specific business interests and hiring based on political views such as stem cell research and cloning. Is this wrong? Or do those with power get to do whatever they want?"

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  1. blind leadin the blind by inoffensif · · Score: 4, Funny

    "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." --George W. Bush, May 5, 2000

    With statements like that from their leader I'd hate to see what US govt officials have to say about embryo cell research and cloning...

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    - you are sofa king weed todd did
  2. Re:Irrational Liberal "Epistemology" Strikes Again by alienmole · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's only natural that a group of borderline-psychopathic thugs and killers would get their epistemology so wrong as to conclude that they are the creators of the universe.

    Excuse me, but I am the Creator of the Universe. Some people do consider me a borderline-psychopathic Thug - I admit, encouraging competing religions was a bad idea, not to mention the creation of trolls - what was I thinking? But no-one in their right minds would call Me a liberal. In fact, I have a good mind to smite thee for even thinking that!

    But on second thoughts, smiting might be a tad psychopathic, and I've been trying to ease up on that a bit, since the whole World War II thing. I'll have to settle for having one of My acolytes mod you down.