Trump doubles record for longest time without science adviser

[applegrove]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/399230-trump-doubles-record-for-going-longest-time-without-science

BY ARIS FOLLEY at the Hill

"SNIP.........

A Post analysis found that every president since Eisenhower filled the role by the first October of their administration, excluding Trump.

“There are many things about the Trump presidency that are historic, and the disregard for science will be seen as high on the list,” said Kumar Garg, a member of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) under Obama.

OSTP was first established by Congress in 1976 to provide the president with advice on the scientific, engineering and technological aspects of “the economy, national security, homeland security, health, foreign relations, the environment, and the technological recovery and use of resources, among other topics,” according to the office’s website.

“If you had asked somebody at the start of the administration if we would be approaching this sort of marker, they would have been shocked,” Garg continued. “The science community should want the position filled and should want the position filled with someone who is qualified and capable.”

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[applegrove]

1. Trump is anti-enlightenment.

[democratisphere]

2. drumpf doesn't believe in science.

Like news, all science is fake.

[Permanut]

3. Who needs science?

Them pointy headed scientists just try to confuse us with fake ideas, like:

The Earth is warming
The Earth is older than 6,000 years, it doesn't really have four corners, and is not the center of the universe.
Evolution has produced every species on the planet.
You can't get two of every animal on the planet on an "ark".
The Sun can't "stand still in the sky".
Serpents are incapable of speech. As are donkeys.

[LakeSuperiorView]

4. Now you take that back. Donkeys can talk, I saw the Shrek movies!!

If anyone really needs it...

[Permanut]

5. My bad!