As April 22 approaches, many of us ready ourselves for the March for Science, a gathering that aims to mirror the post-Inauguration Day Women's March, but with scientists. Can science (or Science) or scientists march for a political cause, or is the cause apolitical by virtue of its opposition to science/Science/scientists? Evolutionary biologist (and pompous misogynist) Jerry Coyne would like to pedantically note "that the only thing that binds scientists together is that they all use the same tools: things like hypothesis-driven experiments, replication of results, and peer review. 'How do you march for something like that?' asks Coyne. 'A march for science itself is just simply a march for the mechanisms that find truth. And who is going to pay attention to that?'"
Ugh, get over yourself, Jer.
Check out the whole story on NPR or read his blog about it on his website.
So what do you all think?
i hate nerds
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