In his commencement address at John Hopkins University, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg very directly demonizes those that would politicize stem cell research, global warming, Terry Schaivo, and evolution.
From the speech:
Today, we are seeing hundreds of years of scientific discovery being challenged by people who simply disregard facts that don’t happen to agree with their agendas. Some call it “pseudo-science,” others call it “faith-based science,” but when you notice where this negligence tends to take place, you might as well call it “political science.”
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“Hopkins’ motto is ‘Veritas vos liberabit‘ - ‘the truth shall set you free’ - not that ‘you shall be free to set the truth!’”
Good stuff. Check out the video.
Nice.