Because unless at least some rational people keep an eye on the activities of this crowd, we're likely to wake up one morning to find the teaching of evolution banned in our schools and universities, with US science consequently being sent into terminal decline.
Something similar happened in the USSR when Lysenkoism became official policy while genetics and evolution were despised. The consequential deaths numbered in the tens of millions. Do we really want something analogous to happen here, with ideology trumping not just science but common humanity?
Without joking, then, the answer to your question is really: it's a dirty job but . . .
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"Thog, sir...WHY do you do this to yourself?"
Because unless at least some rational people keep an eye on the activities of this crowd, we're likely to wake up one morning to find the teaching of evolution banned in our schools and universities, with US science consequently being sent into terminal decline.
Something similar happened in the USSR when Lysenkoism became official policy while genetics and evolution were despised. The consequential deaths numbered in the tens of millions. Do we really want something analogous to happen here, with ideology trumping not just science but common humanity?
Without joking, then, the answer to your question is really: it's a dirty job but . . .