March for Science? March On.
By Carl Kruse
Some scientist friends have come out against the upcoming March For Science, saying that
while good intentioned, the march runs the risk of trivializing and politicizing science, turning
scientists into another group embroiled in the culture wars and further alienating science from a
certain segment of the world’s electorate.
Who knows what the march does. But that science is increasingly under attack these days,
particularly under the current U.S. administration, should be viewed as something of a moral
crisis, a national emergency.
Poor science. Pulled us out of the dark ages and made our lives better for centuries. From
astronomy to medicine, meteorology to physics, biology to electronics. Imagine the most
educated person alive 300 years ago. They would be a total ignoramus today given how we
know our world works. This is because of science.
The good thing about science is that it’s true no matter what anyone believes. It works. In spite
of marches, politics or alt-news, gravity still exerts its force on anyone stepping off the Empire
State Building. Even ideas that should not be controversial, such as evolution and human-