Armistice day for science - January 16, 2009
Everyone knows that America loves its rhetorical wars—in between actual military actions, the US has fought wars on cancer, drugs, and poverty, to name a few. But the war on science is now officially over, according to the guy who declared it.
In a piece appearing yesterday on Slate, Chris Mooney, author of the Republican War on Science and one of Wired's ten sexiest geeks in 2005, wrote that Barack Obama's election will end years of George W. Bush's distortion and outright muzzling of science. He rightly points out that Obama has already named several scientists to key positions in his administration (whereas Bush took over a year to settle on even a scientific advisor).
Meanwhile, over on Capital Hill, California Democrat Henry Waxman has announced plans for "quick and decisive" climate change legislation. The times they are a changin'.
Comments
Perhaps everyone knows that America loves its rhetorical wars in between actual military actions, the US has fought wars on cancer. However, are really few those who had realized that such as war has fought erroneously, since it was founded on the bias that all individuals can be involved by malignancy. In fact, as written also in www.nature.com blog, e.g., http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080828/full/news.2008.1068.html?q=2#last-comment ,overlooking Oncological Terrain "and" OT-dependent, Inherited Real Risk in some biological system, bedside recognized with a stethoscope, we will never win the war against cancer, in spite of name and willingness of elect President!
Posted by: Sergio Stagnaro MD | January 16, 2009 04:48 PM