You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
-Short Attention Span Theater-
Scientists Rail Against Senator Who Belittled Research
2010-12-23
"This was not funded with earmarks and it was not a study about cow farts burps," said John Aber, an environmental scientist and provost of the University of New Hampshire.

"It's not wasteful," he said. "It's important."
Yeah. Right! [Snicker]
Posted by:gorb

#2  They skip over this little caution when citing Eisenhower's reference to military industrial complex connotation -

"The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present – and is gravely to be regarded.

Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite."

Posted by: P2kontheroad   2010-12-23 20:24  

#1  Back off, man. I'm a scientist...
Posted by: tu3031   2010-12-23 12:27  

00:00