tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post5438075543753679701..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Michael Bliss - Anti-Science ConservativeLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-42987933656293198642009-05-18T13:09:00.000-04:002009-05-18T13:09:00.000-04:00Bliss contributed an essay on "The Worst Canadian"...Bliss contributed an essay on "The Worst Canadian". His choice was Lord Beaverbrook. The essay was so badly written and badly argued, that I'd have given it, at best, a C if submitted by a first year student. Very strange.<br /><br />As to the cuts, the remarkable thing is that they were made at all. The amount of money saved is tiny in comparison to the budget. If all that cash were restored, you'd have to look to the third decimal place on the deficit figure to notice a difference. Even doubling our NSERC budget would basically be in the noise level.<br /><br />So the cuts were clearly not a matter of saving money. I suspect this is another case of pandering to his base, as were the arts cuts last summer.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493117091063945221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-28107774010535542752009-05-16T18:19:00.000-04:002009-05-16T18:19:00.000-04:00Pardon my ignorance: when Bliss says, "a handful o...Pardon my ignorance: when Bliss says, "a handful of scientific superstars" to whom is he referring?Veronica Abbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07037599323472646996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-90424276683556692532009-05-16T18:04:00.000-04:002009-05-16T18:04:00.000-04:00Bliss says,
"Some 2,000 scientists signed a petit...Bliss says,<br /><br />"Some 2,000 scientists signed a petition asking Ottawa for more money. In passing, The Globe and Mail — in which most of these stories had heavy play — gave front-page coverage to a nasty bit of “gotcha” journalism implying that our Minister of State for Science and Technology, Gary Goodyear, may not believe in evolution — in other words, he must be an anti-science dumbbell."<br /><br />The first comment any competent teacher of writing would make about the above paragraph is, "What's your point? Revise this paragraph; however, Gary Goodyear: "anti-science dumbbell" - leave that in."Veronica Abbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07037599323472646996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-23461830236359379122009-05-16T18:00:00.000-04:002009-05-16T18:00:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Veronica Abbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07037599323472646996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-81094659659706719922009-05-16T17:14:00.000-04:002009-05-16T17:14:00.000-04:00Re thebrightlibertarian
Would Mr. brightlibertari...Re thebrightlibertarian<br /><br />Would Mr. brightlibertarian care to inform us which private sector outfit might have seen fit to finance the building of the Large Hadron Collider?SLCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-31548673494435716522009-05-16T16:03:00.000-04:002009-05-16T16:03:00.000-04:00I would be the last person to argue against basic ...I would be the last person to argue against basic scientific research. My problem, and maybe Prof. Bliss' problem is that additional government funding is not the solution to our lack of research. Yes I believe research is vital to the Canadian economy. But it is not the function of government to ensure that this research is carried out. Its time for the academic community to get more creative, time for the private sector to step up and take some risks in an area that will always payoff, one way or another. I cannot fault the Harper government for trying to restrain spending. Right now there are too many "mouths to feed" for government. Worthy research will find a backer, but the researchers must put in a bit more effort for the funds.thebrightlibertariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-42172671327014823122009-05-16T10:51:00.000-04:002009-05-16T10:51:00.000-04:00*rage**rage*ERVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02070086354372691880noreply@blogger.com