Monday, March 01, 2004
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?
President Bush yesterday dismissed two members of his hand-picked Council on Bioethics — a scientist and a moral philosopher who had been among the more outspoken advocates for research on human-embryo cells.
In their places he appointed three new members, including a doctor who has called for more religion in public life, a political scientist who has spoken out precisely against the research that the dismissed members supported, and another who has written about the immorality of abortion and the "threats of biotechnology."
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Pressed as to why the pair had been singled out for dismissal, she said, "We've decided to go ahead and appoint other individuals with different expertise and experience." She would not elaborate.
The turnover renewed a recent string of accusations by scientists that Bush increasingly is allowing politics to trump science on contentious issues.
Becuase science can be whatever you want it to be!
posted by chris at 7:32 PM
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