Comments on: Science vs. Anti Science Updates https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/30/science-vs-anti-science-updates/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/30/science-vs-anti-science-updates/#comment-485806 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:28:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=15657#comment-485806 My sister and her family lived in Montana for several years. It was interesting to watch her transition from radical lefty from the 60s to supporter of the Sagebrush Rebellion, while keeping many of her progressive values.

]]> By: Cullen Tillotson https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/30/science-vs-anti-science-updates/#comment-485805 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:19:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=15657#comment-485805 Greg Laden – absolutely. I don’t live there anymore and haven’t for a while, but we’ve got a Democratic Governor and two Democratic Senators, even though McCain carried the state in 2008 and Romney in 2012. Only the state legislature is majority Republican and that’s largely down to Gerrymandering rather than actual majority vote as most of the population lives in towns that are pretty blue (Missoula, Bozeman, and Billings).

I was always impressed that for such a poor state, education was rated so highly and usually voted for in bond measures at the local level. It’s a great place to raise kids, although not so great for non-professional adults to find work which is why I don’t live there – I’d be unemployable! 🙂

]]> By: Susan Anderson https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/30/science-vs-anti-science-updates/#comment-485804 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:10:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=15657#comment-485804 I noticed some time ago that whenever I found an effective (IMHO) way to argue a point, within 24 hours that point would be turned on its head and made against whatever it was. I’d call it a whole cottage industry, but it’s bigger than that.

The organized nature of the attack machine will not surprise an observant person, but it does take people of good will by surprise. It is hard to believe in so much concentrated and petty evil.

]]> By: The Phytophactor https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/30/science-vs-anti-science-updates/#comment-485803 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:10:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=15657#comment-485803 The Botanical Society is having its annual meeting in New Orleans this summer, so we’re constructing a symposium titled, “Yes, Bobby, evolution is real.” We’ve invited Zach to make a presentation. Should be fun especially now since Jindal wants to sound “smarter”.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/30/science-vs-anti-science-updates/#comment-485802 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:01:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=15657#comment-485802 If you scratch the red off a Montanan, there’s often blue pretty close to the surface.

]]> By: Cullen Tillotson https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/30/science-vs-anti-science-updates/#comment-485801 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:51:55 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=15657#comment-485801 Love my home state Montana – the reddest of red states but still a bunch of iconoclasts who respect the hell out of education.

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