Will Our Culture Reconnect with Science? It’s Certainly Not a Sure Bet

Earlier today I wrote a post called “Prediction: Our Culture Will Eventually Reconnect with Science.” Just now, however, I came across this new bill working its way through the U.S. Congress that would prohibit scientists with subject matter expertise from speaking to our Environmental Protection Agency.  Sponsors of bills like this really do have science in their crosshairs.

Fortunately, the bill has its opponents, like Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) who retorted, “I get it, you don’t like science. And you don’t like science that interferes with the interests of your corporate clients. But we need science to protect public health and the environment.”

Living through these times has its surreal aspects, as the picture above suggests.