I wouldn't look at it as selling out. Kissing ass is a necessary part of every profession - scientists aren't above that.
If the ultimate goal is more money for the scientific community (more people enter the profession, more research, more results, etc.) - this isn't a bad move. The way we flip between which party we want leading us, sucking up to only 1 leaves your profession in a bad position in the years that 1 party isn't in control (if your profession depends on grants, directly or indirectly from the government).
We have 3-7 more years of Trump. I'm not saying they should give him a Nobel Prize or anything (haha how ridiculous would that be?!) - but just stroke his ego a little bit. Name a moon after him, or just get some scientist to send out a tweet saying Trump is good. He's a sucker for shit like that.
(If their base wouldn't revolt against them, Democrats could use this same tactic and probably get damn near anything they want.)
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Date: 12/2/18 22:07 (UTC)If the ultimate goal is more money for the scientific community (more people enter the profession, more research, more results, etc.) - this isn't a bad move. The way we flip between which party we want leading us, sucking up to only 1 leaves your profession in a bad position in the years that 1 party isn't in control (if your profession depends on grants, directly or indirectly from the government).
We have 3-7 more years of Trump. I'm not saying they should give him a Nobel Prize or anything (haha how ridiculous would that be?!) - but just stroke his ego a little bit. Name a moon after him, or just get some scientist to send out a tweet saying Trump is good. He's a sucker for shit like that.
(If their base wouldn't revolt against them, Democrats could use this same tactic and probably get damn near anything they want.)