http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/5/14/161152.shtml
Usually, what an article titled "Scientists discover......." quotes research from peer-reviewd sources. But this is what conservative thinktanks consider science. Hmm, lets invite every scientists in the world that agrees with our POLITICAL agenda, then we can proclaim that SCIENTISTS PROVED/DISPROVED XYZ.
As a scientist, I see this trend of politicizing science to be VERY DANGEROUS.
Usually, what an article titled "Scientists discover......." quotes research from peer-reviewd sources. But this is what conservative thinktanks consider science. Hmm, lets invite every scientists in the world that agrees with our POLITICAL agenda, then we can proclaim that SCIENTISTS PROVED/DISPROVED XYZ.
As a scientist, I see this trend of politicizing science to be VERY DANGEROUS.