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Monday, September 27, 2004

Scientists and Engineers for Change

There's a new independent group hitting the campaign trail, working to get people to vote for someone who'll actually do some good for science rather than subverting it to the whims of a gang of ignorant ideologues. It's called Scientists and Engineers for Change, and Chris Mooney has a thorough write-up on their goals. It sounds like they aren't an intrinsically pro-Kerry group, but are just a group of politically diverse sci-tech people who have gotten so disgusted with the incompetence of the Bush administration that they're out campaigning for the rational alternative.

They have a few pages documenting Bush's corruption of science: The Bush Record on Science: Simply a Disaster and Restoring Integrity to Science Policy. Scientists are saying Bush is bad for science...but I imagine there will be some flaky right-wing ideologue out there who will try to tell us that Bush is doing wonderful things for scientists.


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#6509: — 09/27  at  05:15 PM
I wonder if the Discovery Institute, with its bottomless pockets and lack of integrity, will attempt to start a scientists for Bush? I mean, they have a anti-stem cell research wing and a 'Science' and Culture wing, surely they could get out some of their 'scientists' to stump for Bush?

I hope I'm not giving them ideas.

PS - In case anyone can't get enough of Discovery's Center for 'Science' and Culture, you can join the.... Discovery Society!

http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2212&program=CSC - Science and Education Policy - News and Articles&callingPage=discoMainPage



Trackback: Scientists and Engineers for Change Tracked on: Rhosgobel: Radagast's Home (67.18.73.162) at 2004 09 28 02:26:23
Pharyngula posted about a new independent political organization: Scientists and Engineers for Change (Chris Mooney has a good summary of the group's founding press conference). I really like this group. What they're doing, functionally, is say...



#6596: — 09/30  at  06:34 AM
Plz. E-Mail me this article. I am a Black journalist, and I will be doing an article on this additional debacle by this unbelievably ignorant administration for the Black press, namely THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE in Ft. Lauderdale. Also, the article should be posted on the National Black Newspapers Publishers Association's website. Hopefully it will go around the country. Thanks, and plz. keep up this all important work. I am thoroughly convinced that we literally won't have a country in four years if this idiot is allowed to steal another election.



#6664: — 10/01  at  11:42 AM
I am very disappointed to see this group disguised as true honest engineers and scientists getting into the political arena. It is obvious that these scientists are reliant on federal funds to make their livings. Haven't you figured out that the government cannot create real jobs and real scientists. Our country would be a lot better off with less government control over the sciences.

It is really sad to me as a true scientist working in the real world, working with real facts, working with real data to see this group condescend to this level. Forming a group of so called concerned scientists to belay a politcal point. Only to serve themselves. You ought to be ashamed.

Science runs on facts and solutions to problems. Politics runs on emotions and political manipulation.

I say to all you -- go get a real job.



's avatar #6666: PZ Myers — 10/01  at  11:59 AM
Oh, boy. The "No True Scientist" fallacy.

PZ Myers
Division of Science and Math
University of Minnesota, Morris



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