{{Cquote|Consider that in hospitals, every machine with an on/off switch that diagnoses your health without first cutting you open, is based on one or more principles of physics, discovered by physicists and chemists who had no specific interest in medicine. This includes the MRI, PET scans, CT Scans, EKGs, EEGs, ultrasound, and of course, good old fashioned X-rays. So if you defund one line of research in favor of another, you thwart the entire moving frontier of discovery.|||Neil deGrasse Tyson, April, 2017<ref>https://www.facebook.com/notes/neil-degrasse-tyson/science-in-america/10155202535296613/</ref>}}
{{Cquote|Consider that in hospitals, every machine with an on/off switch that diagnoses your health without first cutting you open, is based on one or more principles of physics, discovered by physicists and chemists who had no specific interest in medicine. This includes the MRI, PET scans, CT Scans, EKGs, EEGs, ultrasound, and of course, good old fashioned X-rays. So if you defund one line of research in favor of another, you thwart the entire moving frontier of discovery.|||Neil deGrasse Tyson, April, 2017<ref>https://www.facebook.com/notes/neil-degrasse-tyson/science-in-america/10155202535296613/</ref>}}
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Critics have noted that the "science" march actually intended to promote left-wing politics, through the meaningless buzzword "science," rather than actually promote [[science]].<ref>Richardson, Valerie (April 21, 2017). [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/21/march-science-comes-under-microscope-over-left-til/ March for Science comes under microscope over left-tilting political agenda]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref> This can be seen in the fact that the science marchers [[Liberal denial|deny]] key scientific facts that contradict their liberal agenda.<ref>Bokhari, Allum (April 23, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/04/23/5-scientific-facts-the-science-march-refuses-to-acknowledge/ 5 Scientific Facts The ‘Science March’ Has Yet to Acknowledge]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref>
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Critics have noted that the "science" march actually intended to promote left-wing politics, through the meaningless buzzword "science," rather than actually promote [[science]].<ref>Richardson, Valerie (April 21, 2017). [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/21/march-science-comes-under-microscope-over-left-til/ March for Science comes under microscope over left-tilting political agenda]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Lowry, Rich (April 24, 2017). [http://nypost.com/2017/04/24/it-was-a-march-to-politicize-science-not-save-it/ It was a march to politicize science, not save it]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/04/24/greg-gutfeld-slams-bill-nye-science-guy-earth-day-march-climate-change Gutfeld Slams Bill Nye: March For Science Was Really 'March for Silence']. ''Fox News Insider''. April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref><ref>Shapiro, Ben (April 26, 2017). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447048/bill-nye-science-guy-march-science-left-politics-religion Science vs. Science™!] ''National Review''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref> This can be seen in the fact that the science marchers [[Liberal denial|deny]] key scientific facts that contradict their liberal agenda.<ref>Bokhari, Allum (April 23, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/04/23/5-scientific-facts-the-science-march-refuses-to-acknowledge/ 5 Scientific Facts The ‘Science March’ Has Yet to Acknowledge]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref>
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Liberal and agnostic science educator and entertainer [[Bill Nye]] participated in the march.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/22/march-for-science-bill-nye-rallies-thousands-in-dc-amid-threat-trump-budget-cuts.html March for Science: Bill Nye rallies thousands in DC amid threat of Trump budget cuts]. ''Fox News''. April 22, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref> Nye stated that "science is political."<ref>Baker, Trent (April 22, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/04/22/bill-nye-science-political/ Bill Nye: ‘Science Is Political’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 26, 2017.</ref>
Across the US and over the globe, the march was held in 600 cities.
Across the US and over the globe, the march was held in 600 cities.