{"id":2051,"date":"2013-02-07T14:51:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T19:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2013-02-07T14:51:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T19:51:35","slug":"scientific-illiteracy-no-hindrance-to-republican-stars-meteoric-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2013\/02\/07\/scientific-illiteracy-no-hindrance-to-republican-stars-meteoric-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific illiteracy no hindrance to Republican star’s meteoric rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Really, Republicans, this is the best you can come up with?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I must admit that I take no pleasure in going back to pointing out Michael Shermer’s error<\/a> in\u00a0equating hostility toward science on the political Left to the political Right. For better or for worse, Republicans just won’t stop proving to us that they are actually worse.<\/p>\n

Meet Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n

The senator from Florida, christened the “Republican Savior” by the Time magazine, has certainly seen his political fortunes rise drastically over the last few months, and likely will be\u00a0a presidential candidate in 2016.<\/p>\n

And this is<\/a> what he thinks about climate science.
\nhttp:\/\/youtu.be\/mr4SaiRVf34<\/p>\n

“I know people said there\u2019s a significant scientific consensus on that issue, but I\u2019ve actually seen reasonable debate on that principle,” Rubio said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Reasonable debate”? You mean like this?<\/p>\n

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Or maybe like this?<\/p>\n

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\n(Kudos to Huffington Post, they checked some source from actual scientists and did not uncritically cover Rubio’s statements. It doesn’t happen in the media very often.)<\/p>\n

Look, Marco, it has come to the point that even those scientists paid specifically <\/a>to cast doubt on uncertainty over climate science can no longer deny reality. Of course, this is not the first time in so many months that the senator displays scientific ignorance. He said <\/a>last November that “the age of the Earth was a great mystery” before backtracking<\/a> and acknowledging scientific consensus.<\/p>\n

Are you convinced yet, Mr. Shermer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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