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Correspondence
Nature 428, 255 (18 March 2004) | doi:10.1038/428255a
Concern is more than just 'ruffled feathers'
Kai M. A. Chan1, Stephen Porder1, Paul A. T. Higgins2 & Sasha B. Kramer1
- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5020, USA
- 151 Hilgard Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3110, USA
Abstract
If a government abuses science to justify its policies, scientists have a duty to speak out.
Your News story "Scientists slam Bush record" (Nature 427, 663; 2004) reports on the statement by 63 prominent scientists accusing the Bush administration of "misrepresenting and suppressing scientific knowledge". John Marburger, the administration's head of science and technology policy, quickly responded to the initiative from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) by dismissing the move as political and simply the result of a few individuals having their "feathers ruffled", according to the New York Times.
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