Editor: It’s time to raise your voice on science

Shane Jacobson, CEO of the American Cancer Society, had similar thoughts. “Translating preferences into state law runs the risk of triggering repeated revisions with each change,” he said. he said in his voice. “Such setbacks can create an unpredictable environment, making it more difficult for institutions and researchers to plan and advance the multi-year, long-term research needed for clinical trials and the findings that patients urgently need.”

Nancy Brown of the American Heart Association echoed these concernssaid, “Comments that limit autonomy or shift decision-making from science-based technology and public health can undermine the creativity and collaboration needed to meet current and future challenges.”

And it’s not just people in the medical sciences who are worried. American Geophysical Union called change “A law that would rewrite US science policy” and accuse the government of “using the language of scientific violence as a political shield.” His comments echoed a number of concerns that Ars has documented.

“Political officials may have the power to reject proposals that have been carefully evaluated if they see that the project does not advance the ‘priorities of the President’ or does not correspond to the ‘needs of the country,’ which can change or change the way at any time,” he said. “We’ve spent years shaping our colleagues’ opinions precisely because science funding decisions should be based on science, not politics.

The American Physical Society was equally dumb. “These ideas would allow political interests to override scholarly review, restrict mobility, limit collaboration, prevent sharing of results, and affect programs that train the next generation of scientists,” it said. “The proposed legislation would create rules that would allow political interference with any research funding, making it very difficult to reverse it, regardless of who is in office.” In to followit said, “This idea goes beyond the limits, it threatens all science, under every authority, now and in the future.”