The End of Science 1
Robert A. Brown laments our creeping creepy scientific illiteracy:
When over half congress doesn’t believe in Evolution (from a Pew survey), intelligent discussion on: genetic heritage, Genome research, definition of life, global warming, economic theories, and much more is simply not possible. Democracy fails.
When nearly half of college students in the US South and bible-belt Midwest are not sure that the earth revolves around the sun (Natl. Science Found. study), they can’t be sure that the globe is warming.
October 15, 2012 at 3:46 pm
“Frontline sounds like it is going to address the current dungeon that science is in in the USA on Oct 23.”
Dungeon.
I’m wondering will we have heard either of the candidates asked “Do you believe in evolution?” or “What is your position on global warming? Do you believe it is a hoax?” even once during the debate cycle? The correct response from a moderator after the Romney babbles around the questions would be to say, “You do know that evolution and human caused global warming are accepted science worldwide, don’t you? No? Well, we’re telling you right here, right now in front of a tv audience.”
But I won’t hold my breath. One of the major failings of US science was not realizing the gravity of the problem posed by the Republican Party’s cultivation of anti-science and ignorance until it was too late. It was a national mirroring of what happened at Lehigh with Michael Behe. They just didn’t care to be concerned until he had thoroughly damaged things.