Chris Mooney - "The Republican War on Science"

Complete program at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=336

Author Chris Mooney discusses how political appointees and lobbyists can affect scientific debate in favor of non-objective special interest groups.

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Author Chris Mooney discusses "The Republican War on Science."

"The Republican War on Science, a stinging indictment of how one party has placed politics over science, is a stunning account of the government's unwillingness to distinguish between legitimate research and ideologically driven pseudoscience" - Books Inc

Chris Mooney is Washington correspondent for Seed magazine and a senior correspondent for the American Prospect. He focuses on issues at the intersection of science and politics.

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[ignoranceisbliss4u]

i would love the front page of the newspaper or my homepage to read: Religion Debunked ......that's the end of that subject. Next

[jumbowhite]

We are nearing the end of religious incredulity. Every single year science uncovers new evidence, which without intent, sullies the integrity of religion everywhere.

I can't help but feel that what we are currently experiencing is religion's "last gasp!" Kicking and screaming, unwilling to behave rationally, the pious will stop at nothing as they attempt to smother scientific discovery.

[thesparitan]

@13garo31 There is no such thing as an atheist dogma, idiot.  What is the dogma of abigfootist? Seriously you are a moron.

[13garo31]

monotheist dogma, atheist dogma, all looks the same from where i stand

[iBlindGame]

A close-up look at Bush science:

We (NIST) Have the Results and Only We Have the Results

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Sunder's Silverish Molten Metal

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Sunder on What Controlled Demolition Looks Like

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More logic videos to come. (Future ones will better put logic into context to show how fascinating this "debate" is.) Please subscribe.

Anyone wishing to respond to these, please look up "intellectual honesty" and "logical fallacies" beforehand. Thanks.

[Darkninja105]

If government scientists are being censored by politicians, defiance is absolutely called for. As scientists, their first duty is to the evidence, not the whims of their superiors.

[sorin7486]

@ignoranceisbliss4u you and me both ... you and me both :)

[johnsmdm]

mooney a cspan info propagandist!

[blhack]

Is this guy an idiot? "There were 350 more *POLITICAL* appointees under bush than cliton. THEY"RE POLITICAL! POLITCAL! POLITICAL! Where did they go?  Well the only real logical explanation here is that they went to fight against the scientists because they're *EVIL* republicans."

Dude, there are legitimate gripes that you can have against Bush, pulling things out of your ass and claiming that the republicans are having a "war on science" is deliberately ignorant.

[ClumsyRoot]

Just curious: what does taking a "math class" have to do with anything?

[ihateino44]

Haha, that's so true.