Scientists on parade. Well they are getting ready to jump on the protest bandwagon in the name of Scientific facts and if need be start running for political office. Great it’s not enough that current politicians are boring with their “special interests facts” now we’ll have some guy dressed like Walter White or the Mythbusters performing experiments on the Congressional floor – PB/TK
Scientists drawn into politics, in a bid to defend science
—Facing a possible crackdown on free speech for researchers within government, American scientists appear ready to voice their concerns with an unusual degree of public activism. They’re planning a march, and some are seeking to mobilize their peers to run for office.
The sense of rising passion is rare in a community more known for labcoats and data crunching than for holding megaphones or slogan-emblazoned signs. But it comes for a clear-cut reason: They’re hearing a drumbeat of concern about the Trump administration – whether rooted in fearful headlines and Facebook posts or in actual words and actions of the administration itself.
And although scientists have spoken out in the past about perceived threats to their profession, some say there’s little precedent for the surge of activism that appears to have begun this week.
“I think you’re seeing scientists starting to say, ‘We need to insert ourselves in the conversation, because we need to have some semblance of a fact-based society,’” says Eric Holthaus, a climate journalist with degrees in meteorology and climate science
Continue to csmonitor.com article: http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Inhabit/2017/0128/Scientists-drawn-into-politics-in-a-bid-to-defend-science
