Political scientists are paid to analyze, predict, forecast, and overall, help us understand the political climate of the world of present and future. They give suggestions, make guesses, and fill the ears of our most powerful people to, hopefully, make the right decisions for the future. So why then did the house vote to cut the funding of grants for them?
It turns out, political scientists seem to have a knack for getting things wrong...and though there's history to back this up, political scientists across the board are on the defensive. Take a look at this article, arguing to continue political science research, but not if it is for the purpose of predicting the future...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/opinion/sunday/political-scientists-are-lousy-forecasters.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1340636458-uoeCAveHdese8KvRQsB7Nw
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