# So, who's going to the March for Science? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-the-march-for-science/784922 "2017-04-21T12:30:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-the-march-for-science/784922/41 "2017-04-24T01:40:42Z")
I wonder how many pro-GMO and nuclear power signs there were? > [@RTFirefly](#): > > \*_What do we want? **Science!** > When do we want it? **After peer review!** _ That was my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-the-march-for-science/784922/42 "2017-04-24T01:54:34Z")
Houston checking in! (Not terribly good) Pics here: [March for Science, Houston, Texas, 2017 - Album on Imgur](http://imgur.com/a/NPeC0) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-the-march-for-science/784922/43 "2017-04-24T09:22:08Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > I wonder how many pro-GMO and nuclear power signs there were? I saw exactly the same number of pro-GMO and anti-GMO signs, and the same number of pro- and anti-nuclear power signs. Zero in all cases. Not sure what you were expecting, or even what your point is. Nobody needs to march for GMOs, for two reasons: 1. They’re a fact of life. It would be like marching for highways. 2. GMOs already have a metric ton of corporate money and lobbyists doing the ‘marching’ on their behalf. Rallies and marches generally happen for stuff that needs to demonstrate popular support because it doesn’t have _that_ sort of support. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-the-march-for-science/784922/44 "2017-04-24T11:58:58Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Some of my favorite signs from yesterday (I just finished looking through my photos): > > Keep Earth clean! It’s not Uranus > What do we want? Evidence-based policy! When do we want it? After peer review! > Science doesn’t care what you believe > The end is NIH > Science is not your enemy - willful ignorance is > (on the back of a sign) I’m a science teacher - I have eyes in the back of my sign > Make America smart again! Support evidence-based science > I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned > So bad, even introverts are here > We can lead a politician to science, but now let’s make him THINK > Dunning-Kruger Effect: thank you, science! > Evidence over ignorance > When did the simple concept of leaving the planet a better place for our kids become a partisan issue? > Time to react! (hand holding a beaker of chemicals) > Trust in science: it works, bitches! > How do I get back to the control timeline? > Up & Atom! Time to march for science > I have a Hadron for science > Take chances, make mistakes, get messy, science matters - Ms Frizzle > Demonstrate scientific literacy to Invalidate demogogic idiocy > There is no Planet B > Keep your theology off my biology > Less invasions, more equations > Keep America strong, support science > Stupid and ignorant is a luxury we cannot afford > Look at all these nerds - it’s beautiful! > > On a single sign: > Science, always making America great: > Remember polio, NO? Thank science > Remember smallpox, NO? Thank science > Love your cellphone? Thank science > Is your blood pressure under control? Thank science > > (That last line: I know, whose blood pressure is under control these days?) I saw several of those in Boston. Also, a lot of variations on: \*\*I came because I heard there was (pi) I’m with Her\*\* (picture of the Earth \*\*No Science, no Beer No Science, no Viagra No Science, no Big Bang Theory\*\* (picture of Sheldon Cooper) **A Spoonful of (formula for sugar) helps the medicine go down** \*\*make “The End is Nigh” signs Crazy Again Na S Ti W O Mn\*\* (each letter or pair of letters a box from a periodic table) **this sign was hastily thrown together, unlike the centuries of scientific progress** One sign was an elaborate one that you had to get up close to read. The title across the top read **Redundant Functions of Scientific Posters in Protest Demonstrations** , and the whole thing was made to look like the poster at a scientific meeting “Poster Talk”. But my overall favorite was one I saw in a picture. I don’t even know which city it was in: **Without Science, Trump is Bald** ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-the-march-for-science/784922/45 "2017-04-24T12:39:17Z")
I was at the one in Cleveland. **ZipperJJ** was right: They had a really tough time getting the crowd chanting. The timing was impeccably organized, though: They said that activities would start at 9:00, speakers at 10:00, and the march itself at 11:00, and they were within a minute on all of them. I saw exactly one sign that was anti-“nukes”, but I think that meant bombs, not power plants: It was pretty vague. And I saw exactly one sign against GMOs, but it followed up by being pro-hemp. There was a fair amount of support for wind power, which is a hot topic here right now: They’re trying to get a wind farm on Lake Erie. I think my favorite sign was a picture of Neil Armstrong’s footprint, with the caption “Science makes America great”: Simple, to the point, emotional, and positive. The most amusing sign was someone apparently in earnest protesting the layout of the periodic table: The premise is that aluminum is a metal, so it should be moved over to the left next to the alkaloids. There was also a kid (8th or 9th grade, maybe) holding a sign with the single word “Unless”. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-the-march-for-science/784922/46 "2017-04-24T14:04:34Z")
I did notice that the parade was very Earth-science-centric and not focused on computer sciences at all! I’m glad I didn’t make a sign (I’m a programmer). I just wore my shirt that is a Bill Nye silhouette that says “SCIENCE!” I saw one sign that said something like “Conservatives: Climate change is real; [something else]” on one side and “Liberals: GMOs are ok; nuclear power is ok” on the other side. The Cleveland Orchestra was a sponsor of the event so there were a few professionally-printed posters regarding the science of music. My favorite was “ **So severe even the nerds are here.** ” ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-the-march-for-science/784922/47 "2017-04-24T15:08:22Z")
I marched in DC. It was good. Wet, but good. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-the-march-for-science/784922/48 "2017-04-24T19:26:31Z")
I don’t know if this link will work, but I took a little video of the march in DC with my smarter-than-mephone. I found out that my phone doesn’t recognize my cold, wet fingers. Oops. Anyway, I had joined the march near the front, went to the Capitol building, then came back toward Federal Triangle Metro station. I had to wait until most of the march went by to get to the other side but I really enjoyed watching everyone. I held one of my signs up at the end: [http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lreed/DCScienceMarch.mp4](http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lreed/DCScienceMarch.mp4) 😃 I think I’ll go back for the Climate March. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-the-march-for-science/784922/49 "2017-04-24T20:04:08Z")
I went to the march in Memphis. It rained the whole time, but the energy was great and I’m glad I did it. I just kept thinking how sad that it was even necessary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-the-march-for-science/784922.md?page=2)