‘Most scientists in this country are Democrats. That’s a problem.’
10th December 2010
If even Slate magazine sees it as a problem, you know it’s really a problem.
This immense imbalance has political consequences. When President Obama appears Wednesday on Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters (9 p.m. ET), he will be there not just to encourage youngsters to do their science homework but also to reinforce the idea that Democrats are the party of science and rationality. And why not? Most scientists are already on his side. Imagine if George W. Bush had tried such a stunt—every major newspaper in the country would have run an op-ed piece by some Nobel Prize winner asking how the guy who prohibited stem-cell research and denied climate change could have the gall to appear on a program that extols the power of scientific thinking.
Indeed. The Left prides itself on being the smartest guys in the room, even while embracing obvious loonies like environmentalists and animal-rights wackos.
December 12th, 2010 at 05:57
My experience is that most scientists are NOT liberals. Most academics are, and pretty much all of the Hollywood pop-sci folks are. So the LSM looks at “scientists” (anybody with a lab coat) and sees liberals.