Normally, the TransHumaniac doesn’t dip its beak into the turbulent waters of politics but, I could not let a passage from a recent Humanity Plus Magazine article float into the ether without comment.
Responding to the possibility that black holes may not exist (note the word “may not”), U.S. Rep. Michele Bachman told The New Yorker:
“[O]ur biggest blunder as a society was ever listening to [scientists]. If black holes don’t exist, then other things you scientists have been trying to foist on us probably don’t either, like climate change and evolution … Fortunately for me, I did not take any science classes in college.”
Texas Rep. Lamar Smith who is Chairman of the House Science Committee, followed with:
“Going forward, members of the House Science Committee will do our best to avoid listening to scientists.”
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