Re: FW: Wired News Scientists Flex Political Muscles

2007-02-20 Thread Russel Madere
Science does not become political. Scientists do. When a scientist puts political ambition/funding protection before valid science then they become a politician. >When does good, sound scientific evidence become "politicized"? When it no >longer agrees with our specific world view? Why is the

Re: FW: Wired News Scientists Flex Political Muscles

2007-02-20 Thread G Money
When does good, sound scientific evidence become "politicized"? When it no longer agrees with our specific world view? Why is the research and the conclusions on Global Warming by AAAS suddenly political? If they had concluded that humans are not contributing to global warming, or their contributio

Re: FW: Wired News Scientists Flex Political Muscles

2007-02-20 Thread Russel Madere
No, not commies, for the most part. But now they are politicians. Everything I'll read from them now, including peer reviewed articles, will be suspect. Remember, politicians lie. You can tell when they do, thier lips, or now, pens move. I had probelms with the AGU (American Geophysics Unio

FW: Wired News Scientists Flex Political Muscles

2007-02-19 Thread Larry Lyons
Of course there are those on this mailing list who will claim that the American Association for the Advancement of Science is just a commie front organization. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/lifescience/0,72733-0.html?tw=rss.politics Scientists Flex Political Muscles  *Wired News on the