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Post by chocolate st*rfish on Sept 6, 2005 10:38:54 GMT -5
Scientific Savvy? In U.S., Not MuchNYTimes Dr. Jon D. Miller of Northwestern says scientific illiteracy undermines citizens' ability to take part in the democratic process. source
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Post by webm@ster on Sept 6, 2005 10:46:02 GMT -5
reminds me of a SWISS waitress who asked me if I drove from NYC ( yes the restaurant was in Switzerland)
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Post by castlecraver on Sept 6, 2005 12:10:58 GMT -5
I completely agree. It's quite clear that our president is one of the uneducated majority that doesn't understand the basic science behind pressing issues. I think if more people in this country did, we wouldn't even be having a stem cell research debate, and we'd have a real chance of addressing the impending energy crisis and global climate change if the same people that pay lip service to the problem actually understood what's going on. I've just got a hard time believing that people just don't care -- no, the icecaps aren't going to melt and no, we're likely not going to run out of fossil fuel in our lifetimes -- but the fact remains that these things are inevitably going to happen within another century or two if we don't address the problem now, before it becomes a crisis. If Katrina has shown us anything, we should all now understand the importance of preparing ourselves for a worst-case scenerio and put the contingency plans, support, and redundancy in place now so we're not caught off guard when we're faced with a major problem we can't reverse.
Oh, and intelligent design is anything but intelligent.
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Post by giggergrl on Sept 6, 2005 22:06:51 GMT -5
nice one castle... cheers..
no worries here, the dubya's "leave no billionnaire behind", i mean * cough cough* "no child left behind" act will cure the nation's educational problems... yet another PUNITIVE APPROACH TO "PROBLEM SOLVING"...OOPS !
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Post by britishlove on Sept 6, 2005 23:32:14 GMT -5
i hate being associated with the negative attributes of this country.
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