From an informal survey of passing motorists
I would venture
That:
Wealthy motorists
Are less generous
With sharing the public roadways/space
Than all other demographics
(Based on cost of vehicle)
Hey, wait a minute!
I heard Rep Lamar Smith (R-TX), chairman of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, is going to proposed a bill in the House
Called "The High Quality Research Act"
Undoing the need for peer review
For science
With the NSF
If his bill passes and the President signs it into law (never gonna happen, of course, as long as those Demoncrats have "control" of the Senate and White House)
I could take my idea
Publish it in a journal
Say it is "published science"
In a journal
(And if I was a rich guy and so inclined, or a guy with rich "sponsors"
I could buy a journal to have it published in
Or just start one)
My idea, my hypothesis
Needs a little work.
But the Congressional Representative from Texas?
Now his idea,
his idea is crazy.
Sorry 'bout the misspelling in the title.
ReplyDeleteI hurredly typed that on my phone at a hot, smelly Picnic Area/Historical Marker (no, I didn't look) where strange guys in beat up pickup truck drove into the parking lot, under the overpass, and then out the other side a minute later. Weird, fer sure. Not sure what was goin' on there, under the bridge overpass.
Politicizing science? (More than it already is; of course, there are many politicians who are [climate] science deniers, esp those from oil-rich states like Texas and Alberta)
Not a good idea.
But their actions are largely designed to make the NSF look bad and to enrage their "base" - even more than they already are...
Now, to be fair.
ReplyDeleteThe motorists who are most likely to lean out their window (often the passenger/window) and yell the vilest words their little brains can come up with are typically young, European-American males.
It even has a name: "Doppler ass".
I think I read about it in a scientific journal...
Did I say poor?
DeleteI meant to.
"Typically poor, young, European-American males"
Oops.
Someone should really peer review this blog.
http://atlasleft.org/multiple-studies-confirm-many-wealthy-people-really-are-entitled-jerks-videos/
ReplyDeleteFrontline video
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same conclusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RC7KQSdxR0