In 1995, the Republican Congress, led by Newt Gingrich, dismantled the Office of Technology Assessment, a bipartisan consultant to the government on matters scientific. For over two decades the OTA had provided extensive expert advice to the President and Congress, but was defunded and shut its doors… a sign of things to come.
No matter who you are, or what you believe, having experts weigh in on decisions pertaining to their field is fundamentally intelligent.
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No matter who you are, or what you believe, having experts weigh in on decisions pertaining to their field is fundamentally intelligent.
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