Science is under threat in Argentina — we must call out the danger

[Alby]

George W Bush invented the world wide web. As he pointed out, that is why it begins with W.

Back on media ethics on this and other issues, I forgot to mention that in the course of my work a couple of weeks ago, I read a signed multi-million dollar multi-year funding agreement from a European press organization to a high-profile local media outlet in one of our neighboring South American countries. As a heavy consumer of information from that country and a regular reader of the local outlet’s content, I was struck by how far the organization breaches the principles set out in the agreement to which it supposedly must abide. The funder has to be aware of that, yet turns a blind eye: the document I saw was a renewal of the agreement for another three years.

 

[on the brink]

...multi-million dollar multi-year funding agreement from a European press organization to a high-profile local media outlet in one of our neighboring South American countries. .

This means nothing without specific information, and further identifying the parts involved in the deal.

 

[Redpossum]

Lord, this is the craziest damn thread.
Is there something in the air, or has everyone gone Coo-Coo for Cocoa Puffs?

 

[Macanudo]

The title of the article is alarmist: Science is under threat in Argentina — we must call out the danger.
Science is not under threat. Government funding of science is under threat because the government is broke. Pretty simple, really. Milei is said to be an admirer of Trump. The logical assumption for why he admires Trump would be that both are interested in cutting government spending to reduce the national debt. Who among you thinks that cutting government spending in Argentina is a bad idea? Milei is 'espousing anti-science views'.
Not believing the alarmist warning that the world will end in the near future because of human-related climate change is not anti-science, it's common sense.

 

[lunar]

Who among you thinks that cutting government spending in Argentina is a bad idea?

I, for one, do believe that the funding of fundamental science should be the responsibility of the government. Whether the Argentinean government can afford this is a separate issue.

On the other hand, research into additives for toothpaste, for example, should be financed by the respective toothpaste manufacturing companies. However, there are areas of science that the world relies on, where the outcomes of the research may not generate profits within a reasonable timeframe. Research in these fields should be funded by the governments.

 

[wrangler]

You say Science is under threat. I say the whole country is under threat, should 'this guy' win.

 

[Reversegate]

Science is no longer real science and has morphed into a religion. It is being used as an opportunity for political theater and as a source of legitimacy for political control over economic behavior.

I feel the same about libertarianism, a belief system that likes to reject empiricism and tosses out concepts like praexology.