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Petty Politics Sabotages Science. Details at 11.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

never became law due to the intervention of C. A. Waldo, a professor at Purdue University, who happened to be present in the legislature on the day it went up for a vote.

Ah, the good (not really, but bear with me) old days where even the crazies would listen to experts..

Also, this is brilliant:

the Speaker accepted another member's recommendation to refer the bill to the Committee on Swamplands, where the bill could "find a deserved grave"