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From the I've-heard-enough-and-won't-take-it-anymore department, http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39024648
The BBC reports that former Congressman Rush Holt, now part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), is the spokesman for a movement "standing up for science".
His remarks reflect growing concern among researchers that science is disregarded by President Trump.
Scientists across the US plan to march in DC on 22 April.
[...] "To see young scientists, older scientists, the general public speaking up for the idea of science. We are going to work with our members and affiliated organisations to see that this march for science is a success."
Mr Holt made his comments at the AAAS annual meting in Boston as President Trump appointed a fierce critic of the Environmental Protection Agency as its head. Scott Pruitt has spent years fighting the role and reach of the EPA.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Wednesday February 22 2017, @03:43AM
Hmm, just a guess here but would your unnamed blogger be the one Moldbug^WBoldmug decloaked in the comments section of to administer a spanking to a few weeks (post is unclear as to exact date of first post but probably Jan 25) ago?
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday February 22 2017, @03:15PM
We travel in the same circles, as you know. Probably lots of names we both know.
I didn't want to derail by turning the prof's relatively typical behavior into a referendum on that prof individually. That's an inevitable sophistry technique, that just doesn't matter to the larger debate.