Leaked Heartland Institute Documents Reveal Opposition To Science

New submitter bheerssen writes with an excerpt from an article by The Bad Astronomer: "The Heartland Institute — a self-described 'think tank' that actually serves in part as a way for climate change denialism to get funded — has a potentially embarrassing situation on their hands. Someone going by the handle 'Heartland Insider' has anonymously released quite a few of what are claimed to be internal documents from Heartland, revealing the Institute's strategies, funds, and much more." At least one site has the documents in question.

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Re:I know one of these guys

[KhabaLox]

Regarding authenticity, I can confirm the information relating to Ben Boychuk in the budget document. He did indeed leave Heartland for Manhattan Institute. I had dinner with the guy once, but he de-friended me on FB because I kept challenging the crazy links he would post.

Re:Relevant portion of one of the documents

[elrous0]

I grew up in the South and once had a science teacher flat out tell us that she wouldn't teach us anything that wasn't *directly* from the approved text, because she wasn't going to risk her job just so we could learn. No kidding, if you asked her a question, she would find a relevant passage from the book and just start reading. If an answer wasn't in the book, she would just ignore the question. This was back when evolution and anything else remotely controversial wasn't even mentioned in textbooks, not in the South anyway. And of course, there are no teachers unions or anything like that, so good luck if you say the wrong thing.