Scientifically Illiterate Congressmen Are Resigning the World to Ruin

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We'd be better off if some scientists were obligated to serve in a political capacity to regulate the sciences.

As it is now, the idiots are running the show, to everyone's detriment.

Hear, hear.

How about open sourcing a government? Maybe it worth a discussion.

I'm behind you 100%, but even getting that discussion started will take a colossal effort.

People don't know what open sourcing even means.

Worse, the government will certainly interpret discussions of open-sourcing as an affront to its authority/power (rightly so), and will likely attempt to crush any movement toward that end.

I agree that "People don't know what open sourcing even means" and even that starts to change. We can use better terms like "open government". I don't think the government, as powerful as it be, can oppose the concept if gains enough popularity. It starts from words and inevitably moves to actions. But I we need to start talking about it more.

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