Date: 2008-10-30 17:40 Subject: Dangerous anti-science and anti-rationality this election period Security: Public

I'm actually rather depressed about how bad things are, at least, how the ads on television and posted around town are filled with blatantly wrong ideas about how science works and the facts. The current administration's "War on Science" will probably continue with another Republican president, judging from McCain's speeches. Obama hasn't come out pro-science, but his history has been quite a bit more positive about science and education. Of course, our local ballot has similar silliness.

For example, for Michigan's Proposal 2, most of the ads have said that it'll lead to human cloning research in the state, even though the first thing in the article is "(1) Nothing in this section shall alter Michigan’s current prohibition on human cloning." How much more plain can you be?