Scientists Seek Public Support to "Defend Science"

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http://defendscience.org/statement.html

Scientists Seek Public Support to "Defend Science"

Submitted by Chip on Wed, 2007-05-23 18:18. Activism
The Defend Science Statement aims to rally broad opposition and resistance to the mounting attacks on science and scientific thinking which are unfolding in the United States. Our basic aim now is to run the Defend Science Statement, signed by scientists, as an ad in major newspapers, reaching millions. (At this point the Statement is signed by over 1800 scientists and members of the scientific community.) sign the statement...
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The Statement begins:

IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY SCIENCE, AS SCIENCE, IS UNDER ATTACK AS NEVER BEFORE.

"The signs of this are everywhere. The attacks are coming at an accelerating pace, and include frequent interventions by powerful forces, in and out of the Bush Administration, who seem all too willing to deny scientific truths, disrupt scientific investigations, block scientific progress, undermine scientific education, and sacrifice the very integrity of the scientific process itself -- all in the pursuit of implementing their particular political agenda. And today this dominant political agenda is profoundly allied and intertwined with an extremist (and extremely anti-science) ideological agenda put forward by powerful fundamentalist religious forces commonly known as the Religious Right. These fundamentalists now have extensive influence and representatives in major institutions of the U.S. government, including Congress and the White House. This itself goes a long way towards explaining why science itself is under such unprecedented attack."

[northernsoul]

1. Count me in!

I signed, and I encourage my fellow evilDUers to do likewise.

[Lobster Martini]

2. Oh, surely you can make up science, can't you?

Stem cells and terrorist cells are more or less the same thing...

When sea ice breaks up, you can put a chunk in your sangria...no problem...

There is geological proof that rocks in the Grand Canyon are younger than the Rolling Stones (that one might be true)...

[formerrepuke]

3. Quick! Let's find the answer in Kirk Cameron's 'Evolution vs Intelligent Design' board game!

Evangelistic, educational, entertaining.
At last, a board game that reveals the insanity of perhaps the greatest hoax of our times -- the unscientific "theory of evolution."

"Intelligent Design vs Evolution" is unique in that the playing pieces are small rubber brains and each team plays for "brain" cards. Each player uses his or her brains to get more brains, and the team with the most brains wins.

"Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron are doing much more than revealing the bankruptcy of molecules-to-man evolution. They have a greater purpose: proclaiming biblical authority and reaching the lost with the precious gospel message. Enjoy this wonderful family game as you also become better equipped to defend our precious Christian faith." -- Ken Ham, President, Answers in Genesis.

...How can scientists possibly compete with these geniuses?
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