Blanck Check Mentality in Science

Intel Chairman Wants Blank Check for Science

by Wesley J. Smith

Oh, cry my a river: Craig Barnett, chairman of Intel, boo-hoos about the supposed lack of science funding by the Feds in a whining column in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. He writes:The recent budget deal between Republicans and Democrats effectively flat-funds or cuts funding for key . . . . Continue Reading »

Blank Check Syndrome

by Wesley J. Smith

“The scientists,” by which I mean the politicized advocates for a financial and ethical blank check in human cloning, genetic engineering, and other awesomely powerful biotechnologies, are upset. The poor babies are grousing about the potential for government regulation—in the UK . . . . Continue Reading »