Very good. Enough of materialist religion. It has its good run for 400 years. Is time already to switch to real science and study consciousness.
On Monday, 9 June 2025 at 15:24:20 UTC+3 John Clark wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Paul Krugman from Paul Krugman <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM > Subject: Nobody Expected the MAGA Inquisition > To: <[email protected]> > > > e > Nobody Expected the MAGA Inquisition > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=277517&post_id=165298772&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=6x3nn&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMTYyMjA4MywicG9zdF9pZCI6MTY1Mjk4NzcyLCJpYXQiOjE3NDk0NjU0NjYsImV4cCI6MTc1MjA1NzQ2NiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI3NzUxNyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p59BIGtvDqnOzUvZyKK9ncsnJn1nN92I45XbtXbLnLQ>But > > it’s here, and will destroy American science > > Paul Krugman <https://substack.com/@paulkrugman> > Jun 9 > <https://substack.com/@paulkrugman> > > > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=277517&post_id=165298772&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&isFreemail=true&comments=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMTYyMjA4MywicG9zdF9pZCI6MTY1Mjk4NzcyLCJpYXQiOjE3NDk0NjU0NjYsImV4cCI6MTc1MjA1NzQ2NiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI3NzUxNyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p59BIGtvDqnOzUvZyKK9ncsnJn1nN92I45XbtXbLnLQ&r=6x3nn&utm_campaign=email-half-magic-comments&action=post-comment&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email> > > > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=277517&post_id=165298772&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&action=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=6x3nn&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMTYyMjA4MywicG9zdF9pZCI6MTY1Mjk4NzcyLCJpYXQiOjE3NDk0NjU0NjYsImV4cCI6MTc1MjA1NzQ2NiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI3NzUxNyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p59BIGtvDqnOzUvZyKK9ncsnJn1nN92I45XbtXbLnLQ> > > > <https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9vcGVuLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS9wdWIvcGF1bGtydWdtYW4vcC9ub2JvZHktZXhwZWN0ZWQtdGhlLW1hZ2EtaW5xdWlzaXRpb24_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.wHuZf02m80oKt5tdhUWd2bx0uaeuyVrrYBe_FNMOFGs?&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email> > > > READ IN APP > <https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/nobody-expected-the-maga-inquisition?utm_source=email&redirect=app-store&utm_campaign=email-read-in-app> > > > <https://substack.com/redirect/f3f89466-2151-4e25-baf5-7a92d80b0b4b?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o> > > > *The trial of Galileo* > > It was obvious, if you thought about it, that the second Trump > administration would be hostile to science and intellectual endeavor in > general. > > After all, look at some key elements of the MAGA coalition. Fossil fuel > interests don’t want anyone studying climate change. Conspiracy theorists > like Alex Jones make much of their money selling quack medical remedies, > which makes them hostile to conventional medicine. (And partisan > orientation became a key factor determining whether people were willing to > be vaccinated against Covid.) Practitioners of voodoo economics don’t want > anyone looking into the actual results of cutting taxes on the rich. > Nativists proclaiming an immigrant crime wave don’t want anyone examining > who commits violent crimes. And so on. > > Even so, the extreme nature of the assault has caught almost everyone by > surprise. American scientific leadership and the prestige of our research > universities are key pillars of U.S. power and prosperity. Corporate > America certainly understands that our scientific and educational > institutions contribute to its bottom line. So you might have expected even > MAGA enthusiasts to be a bit cautious about killing this particular > golden-egg-laying goose. > > You would have been wrong. Everything points to an effort to effectively > destroy U.S. science — not gradually as part of a long-term plan, but over > the next year or two. > > Start with the money. The preliminary budget the Trump administration > released last month called for a cut > <https://substack.com/redirect/52813d57-59b3-4743-8fb5-3a638de61872?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o> > of > almost 40 percent in funding for the National Institutes of Health, more > than 50 percent in the budget of the National Science Foundation, the > virtual elimination of federal spending on climate and ecological research > and a drastic cut in NASA’s research budget. All of this was for fiscal > 2026, which begins in October — that is, something like half the federal > government’s financial support for science would be eliminated within a few > months. > > Then there are the attacks on elite universities. First, the > administration in effect demanded control over Harvard’s hiring and its > curriculum. The university has refused, and has faced a series of attempted > punitive actions, most recently a proclamation that the administration will > refuse > to issue visas > <https://substack.com/redirect/37147c87-a884-41b9-be58-80643efb4551?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o> > for > international students trying to attend Harvard and possibly revoke the > visas of student already there. > > And the administration is threatening to revoke Columbia’s accreditation > <https://substack.com/redirect/4a783982-aa2a-4e5c-b49b-37133cf2cd4d?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o>, > > which is not a power it legally has, but these days, who knows? > > Finally, there’s what clearly looks like an attempt to politicize whatever > scientific funding remains. Medical journals have received threatening > letters from the Justice Department. An executive order issued May 23, > titled “Restoring Gold Standard Science > <https://substack.com/redirect/f79dfe19-60c0-4ef0-9135-ae831922d8fa?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o>,” > > purports to be about restoring “scientific integrity,” but would give > political appointees the right to “correct scientific information” and to > “forward potential violations to the relevant human resources officials for > discipline.” > > And can you think of a group you’d trust less to “correct” science and > decide who to discipline than Trump and his people? > > As an open letter > <https://substack.com/redirect/050ed79a-f387-4e42-864f-595c71260b91?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o> > signed > by thousands of scientists says, there are obvious parallels between what > the Trumpists are trying to do and the corruption of science by past > totalitarian regimes. > > So it’s clear what they’re doing. But why, given how devastating this is > likely to be even in financial terms? If you’re a talented foreign > researcher or student, why would you come to America given what’s > happening? What will happen to U.S. technology and global leadership when > the best people, even if they’re allowed in, are afraid to come here? > > One answer is that key MAGA figures really don’t believe that we need > foreigners. Steve Bannon has suggested that Asian immigrants working in > Silicon Valley constitute “unfair competition > <https://substack.com/redirect/d1f7da02-8541-4b44-a612-fa312bbc20f4?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o>,” > > that they’re taking the “high-valuated tech jobs” that should be going to > people born in America. Trump has complained that international students at > Harvard are harmful because “we have Americans who want to go there > <https://substack.com/redirect/cddf9003-72f0-440b-b1ab-37ef3150e95f?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o>.” > > I would say that neither Silicon Valley nor Harvard would be what they are > without being able to attract the world’s best talent, but they clearly > don’t agree. > > Even if they were right (they aren’t), however, science can’t flourish > without government support. Research is the classic example of a “public > good” that won’t be undertaken by private firms seeking profit. And if you > combine huge funding cuts with an environment in which scientists are > essentially told what conclusions to reach, that’s pretty much the end of > science in America. > > And maybe MAGA is OK with that. Science has this awkward tendency to tell > you things you didn’t want to know and give you answers you didn’t want. > The Trump administration may pretend to want better science, but at a > fundamental level MAGA dislikes and distrusts the very idea of science. > > And sooner than many imagine, there won’t *be* much science in America > for them to complain about. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/dc07e42a-eab9-4fe4-8b86-1b1acf64cfaan%40googlegroups.com.
