Louisiana’s recent efforts to insure that its children’s science education better reflects the 12th century than the 21st are having consequences for their economy. Members of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology will not be holding their annual convention in New Orleans as long as that state’s Science Education Act remains on the books. From the SICB press release:
The SICB leadership could not support New Orleans as our meeting venue because of the official position of the state in weakening science education and specifically attacking evolution in science curricula.
Scientists should not be supporting ANY state with anti-science legislation on the books by holding annual conventions in their cities. Just to make sure, I checked the Society for American Archaeology website to see if they had any upcoming conventions in Louisiana (New Orleans was often a favorite of the society) – fortunately, no, they are not scheduled to be in Louisiana for the near future.
You can read more at the Louisiana Coalition for Science website.
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