Since we've been talking a lot about BYU as of late, I thought I would throw out this kudos to some of their science faculty.
A few weeks ago, the Utah Legislature had a radical minority scientist from Alabama who thinks climate change is not caused by humans talk in front of them. A professor from USU called the guy a "fringe" scientist and said that the legislature should not listen to him. The good legislator from Kanab then called the president of USU and said that that professor needed to be disciplined.
In response to all this, 15 or 20 BYU science professors wrote a letter to the legistature assuring them that climate change is caused by us, and that they ought to make decisions based on the scientific evidence instead of taking the oposite point of view for political gain.
So in this case, good for the BYU profs. And as for my state's legislature, I think come January I'll once again need a padded room to run around in to get out my aggression and anger once their session of lawmaking begins.
And here is a link to an article about it:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sltrib.com/Opinion/ci_13749220