Science (AKA the scientific method) is, BY DEFINITION, a tool to formulate, test, and modify models (hypotheses) which predict what will happen based on observation, measurement, and experiment.
In the first paragraph (above) Scott Pruitt restates that definition, but he frames it with the words "What people don't realize…" to imply that scientists are somehow running a con when it is he who is the can man.
The con is in the second paragraph.
What exactly is the "it" he says "is not objectively measured?" There is no antecedent for that "it" in any of his words.
Saying "It's not objectively measured" is 100% bullshit. Those words were deliberately chosen to undermine the very meaning and importance of the definition of science stated in the first paragraph.
In essence, Pruitt denies science because scientific hypotheses cannot say "for sure what's going to occur."
The last time I checked, death and taxes were the only certainties in life, and even that statement is an admission that predictions can never be "for sure."
Allow me to make an observation and a prediction based on the evidence at hand.
Science has proven to be our most accurate predictive tool. Underming it will send humanity back to the dark ages.
Scott Pruitt is a con man whose ideological agenda poses a real danger to not only the country, but also the world.
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