Lenyoga 326 Posted December 16, 2013 I haven't seen this in any international news source yet, but it's official with today's heavily protested appointment of the coalition government. The ministry of science is no more, it's now a part of the ministry of economy (and you can probably guess why that has created a stir among many people.) A lot of weird things have happened in this special ministry yet - things that demonstrate how much the government cares for science and research; former ministers have written preambles for love horoscope books, science awards have been given to esoteric fraudsters, funding for basic research has been cut. This worrying attitude towards science and research (I forgot to mention that university matters are also part of this field) will undoubtedly lead to grave consequences. We've suffered from brain drain for decades now, but today I can only say RIP future developments. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwarden 1125 Posted December 16, 2013 obviously someone failed to setup rule about "no pseudo-science" ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonci87 163 Posted December 16, 2013 Politicians.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ziiip 1 Posted December 17, 2013 Wow, Austrian intellectuals may have a pita feeling for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
instagoat 133 Posted December 17, 2013 Our great neighbor is having too much of that oxygen poor mountain air again. I hope the bavarians won't try to emulate this, I´d rather not have something as silly as this spill over. :( My condolences to our Austrian fellow earthlings, it´s not enviable to have your government fell positively dumb decisions such as this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
