http://www.slate.com/articles/techn...talks_by_agency_scientists_at_conference.html
Now you might say, barring just 3 scientists from attending a local conference about the health of Narraganset Bay at Rhode Island is small beans. But these 3 scientists were going to be there to talk about climate change, and if the EPA is willing to tape the mouths of their own employees over one regional conference, what does this bode for future science outreach on the national level?
Times like these remind me of Alpha Centauri's cutscene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY57ErBkFFE
Transcribed:
As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he deems himself your master.
-- Comissioner Pravin Lal, "U.N. Declaration of Rights"
Now you might say, barring just 3 scientists from attending a local conference about the health of Narraganset Bay at Rhode Island is small beans. But these 3 scientists were going to be there to talk about climate change, and if the EPA is willing to tape the mouths of their own employees over one regional conference, what does this bode for future science outreach on the national level?
Times like these remind me of Alpha Centauri's cutscene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY57ErBkFFE
Transcribed:
As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he deems himself your master.
-- Comissioner Pravin Lal, "U.N. Declaration of Rights"
