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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDan Rather: "What a disgrace. We are in a crisis..."
Dan Rather ✔@DanRather
1/8 What a disgrace. We are in a crisis and one thing that is sorely missing from the Trump Administration is an understanding of... Science.
2/8 We need science. And we need leaders that believe in it. If we are going to confront our challenges, from the immediate, like coronavirus, to the existential, like climate change, we need science.
3/8 Science isn't something you can just turn on, like a faucet. It's an ethos, a way of thinking. It's not just knowledge, but how we as a species accrue insight.
4/8 It's not just about applications, it's about the basic understanding of life and our universe that allows us to find answers where we once didn't know even to ask the question.
5/8 Science is not perfect, and those who perform it are, like the rest of us, human. We should strive to make science more inclusive, less driven by profit-making decisions, and more expansive.
6/8 What it boils down to is a way of viewing our surroundings. Do we succumb to superstition and bias? Or do we question our assumptions, and ourselves?
7/8 Listening to the administration, and seeing their actions, we find men and women who are hostile to the very ideals that make progress possible. We see expertise denigrated and uncomfortable observations dismissed as "fake news."
8/8 This is gravely dangerous, to our health and our planet. And yet, science perseveres. I believe it will thrive in one way or another. But if America is to remain a leader in science, and all that it provides, it desperately needs different leadership.
8:23 AM - Feb 27, 2020
1/8 What a disgrace. We are in a crisis and one thing that is sorely missing from the Trump Administration is an understanding of... Science.
2/8 We need science. And we need leaders that believe in it. If we are going to confront our challenges, from the immediate, like coronavirus, to the existential, like climate change, we need science.
3/8 Science isn't something you can just turn on, like a faucet. It's an ethos, a way of thinking. It's not just knowledge, but how we as a species accrue insight.
4/8 It's not just about applications, it's about the basic understanding of life and our universe that allows us to find answers where we once didn't know even to ask the question.
5/8 Science is not perfect, and those who perform it are, like the rest of us, human. We should strive to make science more inclusive, less driven by profit-making decisions, and more expansive.
6/8 What it boils down to is a way of viewing our surroundings. Do we succumb to superstition and bias? Or do we question our assumptions, and ourselves?
7/8 Listening to the administration, and seeing their actions, we find men and women who are hostile to the very ideals that make progress possible. We see expertise denigrated and uncomfortable observations dismissed as "fake news."
8/8 This is gravely dangerous, to our health and our planet. And yet, science perseveres. I believe it will thrive in one way or another. But if America is to remain a leader in science, and all that it provides, it desperately needs different leadership.
8:23 AM - Feb 27, 2020
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Dan Rather: "What a disgrace. We are in a crisis..." (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
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spanone
(135,816 posts)1. The man trump put in charge of the pandemic is a science denier....goddess help us.
madaboutharry
(40,203 posts)16. Pence believes the Earth is 6,000 years old.
The man is a Science Denier.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)2. If we keep going backward, at some point we won't be walking erect.
Homo Trumpus?
House of Roberts
(5,168 posts)6. I think we already have them.
We started out calling them MAGATs, didn't we?
I like the idea of the human variant, Homo Trumpus.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)14. You could have said human "varmint".
Mitt hunts varmints, just like Yosemite Sam.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)3. Welcome to the fucking Twilight Zone.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)15. Excellent example.
Their faces froze as a caricature of their true personalities.
Let's see the MAGATs turn into cockroaches.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)4. Excellent and thank you Mr. Rather
mysteryowl
(7,373 posts)5. This is the enduring crisis of his reign. It is not going to just go-away.
It will be a constant talking point for our candidates that Trump cut the CDC, cut pandemic staff, etc. His gutting of these resources and agencies are very serious.
trusty elf
(7,383 posts)7. America has been dumbed down to the extent
that tens of millions of people are ok with this state of affairs. It's extremely discouraging.
Wounded Bear
(58,629 posts)9. Hell, we have millions of folks who are enjoying the show...
burrowowl
(17,636 posts)11. Dumbed down since Raygun/Bush
yaesu
(8,020 posts)8. Dan is the man, unlike that orange bloated thing in the White House. nt
PatSeg
(47,368 posts)10. Well said!
Duppers
(28,117 posts)12. +1000
K&R
TommyCelt
(838 posts)13. Unfortunately....
But if America is to remain a leader in science, and all that it provides, it desperately needs different leadership.
... I think this ship has sailed.
mopinko
(70,071 posts)17. well at least he got the pro hair and make up.
i mean, the blending was perfect and the pink lipstick, eye shadow and tie, ya gotta say he put in the effort.
BootinUp
(47,137 posts)18. Stay well Dan. Great stuff! Nt
Demovictory9
(32,445 posts)19. k&r
calimary
(81,192 posts)20. Dan Rather nails it again.
And hes right, again.