The Republican War on Science 0
James Perry wants to know (emphasis added):
Are Americans dumber than they used to be?
The question might better be, Are Republicans dumber than they used to be?
And the answer seems to be — the envelope, please — yes. Yes, they are.
That’s not to say there aren’t plenty of dumb Democrats. Of course there are, but it’s members of the Grand Old Party these days who are regressing by refusing to accept scientific fact.
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“It is politically effective, and socially acceptable, to deny scientific fact” today, the professor (Adam Frank, U. Rochester–ed.) says.
When a party embraces promoting dumb as a tactic, what does that say about its goals?
(Don’t answer that. You likely don’t want to know.)
