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Scientists Running for Office to Fight Science Denial

3,469 views · Published 21 January 2017 · 6:05 · Indexed 6 October 2026

Channel: NerdAlert · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Scientists haven't typically been lawmakers, but now 314 Action wants people with scientific knowledge and understanding to help make America think again. Kim Horcher and Emma Fyffe (Hyper RPG, Collider TV Talk) break it down.

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"US president Donald Trump did not study law or governance, yet he rose straight to the top of American politics. This gave some scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians an idea: they launched an initiative, STEM the Divide, to get more of their own into public office."

Read more: https://qz.com/889950/scientists-in-the-us-are-running-for-office-to-combat-the-science-denial-descending-on-dc/

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