“Golden Age of Science”

Means they start with the conclusion they want and make the data fit. Golden age of everything agreeing with them.

Real scientific research that creates industries and increases the quality of life for all is slow, messy, and uncertain.

Funding faux scientific projects is fast, guaranteed to quickly enrich your cronies and there’s no risk of pesky controversial findings.

Trump is the guy to bring a "golden age of science" like Elon Musk is the guy to bring a "golden age of financial equality"

lol

Putin did a very similar thing to kill Russian science.

What a sack of idiots.

They undermine science with words. The entire funded push with the anti vaccine movement was to create doubt regarding a well established bit of science. A pivot point. Climate change. Suddenly scientists either don’t know what they’re talking about or, and this is my favorite, are paid off by “big wind” or “big solar” (a common argument among repubs going back 2 decades…I think Limbaugh started it.)

Republicans disparage teachers, working to undermine basic education for decades. Some states now teach Bible as scientific truth instead of science.

Then, they get into office this andmin and terrorize colleges, defunding those who won’t toady up regarding politics and fake science.

Then they harass and threaten scientists who are not born here at the border. Those scientists then flee, they do have other options across the globe, and never return. New scientist prospects take a fuck that approach to the notion of coming here. Given how politically biased the admin wants their idea of science, how much fake science they want, who would, even without the immigration thing?

Meanwhile, home grown scientists are in short supply due to education costs alongside the un affordability of everything else. Given the fuckery regarding student loans across the last decade, few are going to do that either. Even then, why would those scientists stay here?

Add in a dumb ass billionaire clicking “end” on a bunch of science based programs because he didn’t understand them. Enter screwworm, to name the most publicized fallout item.

And now the maga admin thinks it can have science in this environment? Even more delusional, they think they can have a golden age of science?

Clearly we’ve failed hard on education.

A 'golden age' sounds good. Imagine how nice the White House would look if the outside was all gilded in 24 karat gold - shiny! The lights would really sparkle!

And if all else fails, 100% tariffs on an any country that dares to do competing research, with escalation to kidnapping or killing their leaders or bombing them if they don't slow down quickly enough. That should bring the US back to the fore.

Also: elections! What a total waste of time and money. President for life and the president appoints everyone else. Then the research could really get moving!

At the same time, the report arrives after a series of Trump administration policy actions that have already begun reshaping universities, federal agencies and federal research funding. The debate is therefore not simply about a future vision. It is also about how current policy changes may reshape the American research enterprise for decades to come.

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How is this not just a slap in the face to the reader?