Inauguration Day has arrived , and by the clip you take this , Donald Trumpwill be the leader of the free world .
We ’ve extensively reported on why his ascension – and the engagement of his many deeply incompetent andhighly unscientific cronies – represent a rather unequaled menace to the advancement of scientific discipline both in the US and throughout the wider world . It ’s more authoritative now than ever before that investigator ’ voices and concerns are heard garish and percipient .
As spotted byVox , a rather apt hashtag,#USofScience , is currently trending on Twitter . It appears that members of academia are using it to simultaneously protest against Donald Trump ’s disrespect for skill , while promoting theincredible advancesthat the scientific method and the careful pursuit of peculiarity have give our species .
The productive arras of science is clearly on show for anyone to see . 3D printing , fighting cancer , inoculation program , conservation biology , and Trump ’s sometime nemesis – mood change – are just some of the fields of inquiry included in some of these tweet .
We ’ve included a survival of our front-runner here , but feel free to jump on Twitter and show your support by using the hashtag yourself . Make no mistake , noblewoman and gentleman’s gentleman – with Trump in power , science has a significant and unprecedented engagement on its hands . Already , expectant Union inquiry computer program are typeset to bemassively defundedor cancel totally .
If you do n’t want tosee science tramp down onby the members of the Trump administration , then there are three things you could do to fight back .
Firstly , make certain you support honorable scientific news media wherever you may notice it .
second , do anything you may to help researchers themselves keep up their incredible , groundbreaking work . Whenever the chance arises , let them knowyou’ve got their back .
Thirdly , and perhaps most importantly , verify that you take tovote for lawmakersthat actually care about and respect science .
[ H / T : Vox ]
