The National Academies of Sciences & ‘Independent Science’

NASEM and “Independent Science”

The whole arrangement runs on the reputation. The reputation was earned over a century and a half of real work, and it is now being spent down, a chapter at a time, a curriculum at a time, to launder a particular set of conclusions through a name that used to mean “you can stop checking.” The post NASEM and “Independent Science” appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

The National Academies of Sciences & ‘Independent Science’

By Charles Rotter Excerpt: There is a word that does a lot of heavy lifting in American public life, and the word is “independent.” When an organization describes itself as an independent, nonparti…