Category: Science
You Might Be a Republican if…Global Warming
Continuing from this post.
I’m jumping to #21 because my friend who turned me on to this specifically has debated with me on the global warming issue.
21) You believe the 1/10 of 1% of scientists who claim global warming is a hoax, and reject the 99.9% who say it’s real, because Sean Hannity and his friends in the oil industry have convinced you that science is a part of a greater liberal conspiracy.
I’m tempted to reject or at least find suspect any “scientific” finding, regardless of what it is, how dire the predictions, or how many scientists … Read the rest of this entry »
You Might Be a Republican if…Stem Cells and Iraqi Children
Continuing from this post.
2) You believe stem cells are living human beings, but thousands of Iraqi children are ‘expendable collateral damage.’
Perhaps I’m wrong on this, but I don’t think anyone in politics has advocated outlawing stem cell research. Hasn’t all the debate been about whether the federal government should be funding it?
Here’s an idea, let’s get the federal government out of all scientific research. The idea that any money that passes through government can avoid being used for political gain is fantasy, and therefore if we want to limit political corruption, we have to limit the … Read the rest of this entry »