A postdoc by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his research in protein structure and function get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.
Conservatives in America have become pretty adept at shrugging off worries about global warming, and when it comes to evolution, well, they have their own ideas about how that works. However, this headline from National Geographic might cause some circuits to blow:
"Global Warming Is Spurring Evolution, Study Says"
Wow, what a catch-22! They can continue to ignore global warming but risk causing the body of evidence in favor of evolution to grow even faster, thus making it more difficult to sneak religious ideas in classrooms. On the other hand, if they try to reverse climate change, they'll have to actually admit that global warming is real and caused by humans.
Oh, decisions, decisions!
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You are underestimating the ability of conservatives to ignore anything that doesn't synch with their version of reality.
I suppose the National Geographic is now going to be added to the list of publications that just can't be trusted to deliver "sound science."
Pretty soon the only science publication conservatives will be able to trust is the Proceedings of the Association of Christian Petroleum Geologists, who believe oil was created by divine providence.
Posted by: Stefan Jones | June 11, 2006 12:03 AM
Ha. Of course, of course. Maybe I was too generous.
Posted by: Nick Anthis | June 11, 2006 6:30 AM