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Senate Confirms Climate Denier With No Scientific Credentials To Head NASA (nytimes.com)
On Thursday, the Senate confirmed Trump's NASA nominee Jim Bridenstine, seven and a half months after being nominated to lead the agency. "The Senate confirmed Mr. Bridenstine, an Oklahoma congressman, as the new NASA administrator in a stark partisan vote: 50 Republicans voting for him and 47 Democrats plus two independents against," reports The New York Times. "The vote lasted more than 45 minutes as Republicans waited for Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona to cast his lot." Slashdot reader PeopleAquarium writes about some of Bridenstine's anti-LGBT and non-scientific views: Bridenstine ran a planetarium once, and peddled a debunked argument made by climate change skeptics, claiming that global temperatures "stopped rising 10 years ago." He said "the people of Oklahoma are ready to accept" an apology from then-President Barack Obama for what Bridenstine called a "gross misallocation" of funds for climate change research instead of weather forecasting. In further news, our rockets will now be coal powered, and gay people aren't allowed in space.
"Climate denier?" He denies that there is a climate? Really? No, that is bullshit.
Anti-LGBT? Gay people not allowed in space? Did he say that? No, we're quoting a random slashdot reader who made shit up.
All I know is
No, you alos know that the new head is an anti-science fool and a bigot. For some reason you're ignoring those. Even if you don't care about the bigotry, the anti science foolishness should matter to you for the head of NASA.
Its the time (dis)honored deflection tactic. This guy deserves ridicule. Similar circumstances are appointing Betsy DeVoss as Secretary of education. A not exceptionally bright woman who is obviously not all that interested in education except for money.
Which is always interesting. Her Brother is Eric Prince of BlackWater infamy.
So perhaps there ia likewise a money trail to be discovered with an anti-science bigoted appointment to this agency.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
But thinking homosexuality is immoral isn't a scientific issue. What is the problem?
So this is like appointing some to head Transportation who only takes taxis and doesn't have a Driver's License?
Seriously, being an administrator has nothing to do with actual Science. It's about people, budgets, and organization. NASA has tons of real scientist in middle management position to act as advisors.
Any Real Scientist who wants to be in management probably isn't really interested in being a Scientist anymore because managers manage, they don't do the work.
Policy is set by Congress and the President.
Complaining about this like complaining that your accountant isn't in your business.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
You know Jack Shit about him other than what various activists have alledged.
Talk about a fucking straw man.
Holy Fuck, dude. Try thinking for yourself.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
This is not about whether he "knows" science. This is about appointing someone who *doesn't believe in science* because it produces results that don't fit his politics.
You don't know how climate models work. Almost no one does. Yet you "believe in them". Is it because they produce results that fit your politics? What's the difference?
How is the climate stuff not mostly people waving red or blue flags to show which team they are on? Be honest — if not with us, at least with yourself .