Hansen

Reposted with my permission, as author.

(That's supposed to be a joke)

I had posted a brief quote RE Dr. Hansen and his issues with NASA taking a look at his speaking schedule and interaction with Journalists. Someone then asked me what are we to do about potential censor of Government scientists. I responded with the following:

Dear BF, every once in a while I toss something out there of which seems to stir a thought, but I am also not yet ready to expound upon. Or rather I need to gather my thoughts or in this case I had no time to further expand upon the original kernel or idea.

Also, often when someone asks a question or comments, it helps massively for me to congeal and bring to the surface a certain clarity which in turn helps me to explain where I wanted to go with an un-finished thought.

This is one of those times, thank you.

What to do? We have an interesting dilemma. On the one hand we have issues of free speech and unbridled creative scientific exploration and exchange of ideas. And on the other hand we have the perception of a need to control the public position and Company Line of the enterprise. For the above instance we could define the enterprise as the US Government (Bureaucracy) as well as the current Executive Branch Administration. From a day to day local on the ground nuts and bolts view, we may also find value to also encompass our employer / employee relationships.