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Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 722
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 3:46 pm: | 
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Note, it's not just politics...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050211/ap_on_sc/forbidden_k nowledge
"Some scientists are thinking twice about doing or reporting certain research, reacting to political and social controversy in addition to legal restrictions. "
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One researcher, commenting on avoiding controversial work, told Kempner's team: "I would like to lunatic-proof my life as much as possible."
Militant animal rights groups were a concern for many, who worried about organizations that have invaded laboratories to set animals loose and destroy research.
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Sometimes commercial interests can get in the way of research, Kempner added, saying there are cases when the pharmaceutical industry will ask a researcher not to publish a particular finding. |
notehead
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Username: Notehead
Post Number: 2076
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 4:52 pm: |
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I've read that, similarly, some science teachers are simply not covering evolution, rather than deal with the potential controversy. |
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