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"Although it is too soon to tell how the Trump administration will engage the scientific community" I'm gonna go out here on a limb and say Trump hasn't done a
by brohoolio 10y ago
"Although it is too soon to tell how the Trump administration will engage the scientific community"
I'm gonna go out here on a limb and say Trump hasn't done a good job so far. He's claimed that vaccines cause autism. Something that's been debunked over and over. Skeptism about vaccines has made things much more difficult for immunocompromised kids. My friend's kid had cancer and the low rates of vaccination in town made things much more dicey for them.
The second is Trump has claimed that China is responsible for making up global warming.
Right now you've got the house committee on science tweeting out brietbart links.
The key will be funding. Will he continue to fund science? Science in many ways is the new manufacturing. Research universities are among the largest employers in the Midwest. It's not all white collar jobs. There are many different types of jobs that work towards creating knowledge.
- vinhboy 10y agoI don't think you are going out on any limb at all. That statement is terrible, because of all the reasons you listed. I think it's pretty dishonest to pretend it's still a "wait and see" kinda thing.