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- On Tuesday, the new administration’s efforts to take hold of the EPA continued, this time with a memo from EPA headquarters requiring all regional offices to submit a list of “all external meetings or presentations by employees planned through February 17.” The memo demanded the offices provide a short description of each event and a note explaining “whether it is controversial and why.”
am_Unition · 2640 days ago · link ·
Hopefully unsubstantiated rumors surrounding the NIH.
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am_Unition · 2640 days ago · link ·
Yes, I apologize, the news about the EPA is not in question. The story I linked to concerns the NIH, and I've added more context to the original comment. Mah bad.
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am_Unition · 2640 days ago · link ·
Meanwhile, your new boss (you) isn't as worried.
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Well, on a personal level, yes. But even if I can successfully transition, I don't believe for a moment that it reveals any kind of greater truth. We need well-funded basic science that is not motivated by economic factors. People that understand how science can expand our humanity understand this. We are creatures of wonder, and forthrightly nourishing that curiosity creates more opportunity than any centrally-planned program can ever hope to. Primary education is very similar.