By Dan Klarmann on September 27th, 2006
Science by scientists, a good cause
Here’s a new website worth taking a peek: www.sefora.org, Scientists and Engineers for America. A group who are trying to activize (um activate?) because of what has been happening to science in the public eye and the administration.
They are dedicated to removing theology from science teaching, and ideology from purportedly scientific reports used to decide public policies.
- Impeach Bush for using junk science
- Center for Inquiry Office of Public Policy committed to science, reason, and secularism as critical building blocks of American Democracy.
- Obama: Listen to scientists “especially when it’s inconvenient.”
- Bush versus Science, again.
- Are we still teaching science at grade schools?
Dan: Thanks for recommending this site. SEFORA is a group that recognizes that there is no getting around it: the scientists simply have to get into the fray and they have to make their arguments directly to the people. All of this is explicit right on SEFORA’s home page:
In a perfect world, we’d let the scientists just do science. They certainly don’t need this distraction (who does?) of battling nitwit politicians (and constituents). But we don’t live in a perfect world.
I just read the group’s Bill of Rights and noticed how many of the items in it relate to protecting federally-employed scientists from “adverse employment action” for simply doing their jobs honestly and competently. That such a document has even been contemplated speaks volumes about the dishonesty and incompetence of the current federal Administration.