Difference between revisions of "Bush-Cheney administration/anti-science"

Latest revision as of 13:52, 11 September 2010

Overview

The Bush-Cheney administration clamed to be pro-science, and often made gestures to that effect, but generally acted on a deeply anti-scientific agenda – of which their support of evangelism was just a facet. (Even their outward support of evangelism was more of a tool towards political ends than a reflection of actual beliefs by anyone in the administration.)

Bush himself went on record in support of intelligent design, an anti-scientific theory thinly clothed in scientific terminology.

This contradictory stance is also part of a consistent pattern of hypocrisy within the administration.

Related Pages

The administration often appeared to oppose reality-based thinking, a concept which is vital for good science
The forces of anti-science in general enjoyed a dramatic resurgence during this administration.

Links

Filed Links

redirect template:links/smw

News & Views

2007-03-23 Faking science? Bush team must think we're stupid by Leonard Pitts, Jr.: names several examples of prior offenses
2006-11-28 How Old Is the Grand Canyon? Park Service Won't Say: "Orders to Cater to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on Geology"
2006-02-16 Statement of The Planetary Society to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, February 16, 2006: "The Bush Administration's proposed 5-year budget for NASA, just submitted to Congress, is an attack on science. The proposed budget directs three billion dollars (over five years) away from robotic exploration of the solar system to continue to operate the shuttle. Last year the Administrator said, "not one thin dime" would be so directed. Now we learn it is 30 billion dimes."
2005-09-11 'War' dispatches: review by David Brin of The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney: "It is unambiguous that the GOP Congress cuts funding for the National Science Foundation and NOAA even while calling for "more research" on global climate change." ... "Evidence overwhelmingly points to orchestrated manipulation of both science and public opinion by groups ranging from the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute all the way to elements now running both Congress and the executive branch."
2005-06-21 The Assault on Scientific Freedom
2004-02-18 ~~Restoring Scientific Integrity in Policymaking~~ (cache at archive.org), a statement signed by "over 60 leading scientists–Nobel laureates, leading medical experts, former federal agency directors, and university chairs and presidents" (Original link is 404 as of 2008-05-02; links below seem to be related)
- Wikipedia: Scientific Integrity in Policymaking (article about the original statement)
- restoring scientific integrity
- Scientific Freedom and the Public Good
James Hansen:
- 2006-03-19 Rewriting the Science (from the 60 Minutes TV show) (slashdot)
- 2006-01-30 Top climatologist accuses US of trying to gag him

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ==Overview==
-The [[Bush II administration]] claims to be pro-[[science]], and often makes gestures to that effect, but they are in fact acting on a deeply anti-scientific agenda &ndash; of which [[evangelism]] is just a facet (and even that facet is more of a tool towards political ends than it is part of a set of actual beliefs by anyone in the administration).
+The [[Bush-Cheney administration]] clamed to be pro-[[science]], and often made gestures to that effect, but generally acted on a deeply [[anti-scientific]] agenda &ndash; of which their support of [[evangelism]] was just a facet. (Even their outward support of evangelism was more of a tool towards political ends than a reflection of actual beliefs by anyone in the administration.)
-[[George W. Bush|Bush]] himself has also gone on record in support of [[intelligent design]], an [[anti-science|anti-scientific]] [[informal theory|theory]] thinly clothed in scientific terminology.
+[[George W. Bush|Bush]] himself went on record in support of [[intelligent design]], an [[anti-science|anti-scientific]] [[informal theory|theory]] thinly clothed in scientific terminology.
 This contradictory stance is also part of a consistent pattern of [[Bush's hypocrisy|hypocrisy]] within the administration.
 ==Related Pages==
-* [[Reality-based thinking]], a concept which is apparently opposed by the Bush administration (and also vital for good [[science]])
+* The administration often appeared to oppose [[reality-based thinking]], a concept which is vital for good [[science]]
-* The Bush administration is certainly not alone in being [[anti-science]].
+* The forces of [[anti-science]] in general enjoyed a dramatic resurgence during this administration.
 ==Links==
 ===Filed Links===
 {{links.tagged}}
 ===News & Views===
-* '''2007-07-10''' [[2007-07-10 White House Is Accused of Putting Politics Over Science]]: "Former Surgeon General [[Richard H. Carmona]] told a Congressional committee today that top officials in the [[Bush II administration|Bush administration]] repeatedly tried to weaken or suppress important public health reports because of political considerations."
 * '''2007-03-23''' [http://www.miamiherald.com/285/story/50043.html Faking science? Bush team must think we're stupid] by Leonard Pitts, Jr.: names several examples of prior offenses
 * '''2006-11-28''' [http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=801 How Old Is the Grand Canyon? Park Service Won't Say]: "Orders to Cater to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on Geology"