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Okay, now let?s talk (dare I say rant?) about the 200 million Americans out there who cannot read a simple story in, say, Technology Review or the New York Times science section and understand even the basics of DNA or microchips or global warming.
This level of science illiteracy may explain why over 40 percent of Americans do not believe in evolution and about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting--placing these people in the same camp as the Inquisition that punished Galileo almost 400 years ago. It also explains the extraordinary disconnect between scientists and much of the public over issues the scientists think were settled long ago--never mind newer discoveries and research on topics such as the use of chimeras to study cancer, or pills that may extend life span by 30 or 40 percent.
As Carl Sagan eloquently wrote in The Demon-Haunted World, ignorance reigns in our society at a moment when science is on the cusp of doing amazing and wonderful things, but also dangerous things. Ignorance, said Sagan, is not an option.
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One of Miller?s findings that may surprise many Americans is that Europeans and Japanese actually rate slightly lower in science literacy.
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Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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B]about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting[/b]
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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B]about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting[/b]
Say it ain't so
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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Okay, now let?s talk (dare I say rant?) about the 200 million Americans out there who cannot read a simple story in, say, Technology Review or the New York Times science section and understand even the basics of DNA or microchips or global warming.
This level of science illiteracy may explain why over 40 percent of Americans do not believe in evolution and about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting--placing these people in the same camp as the Inquisition that punished Galileo almost 400 years ago. It also explains the extraordinary disconnect between scientists and much of the public over issues the scientists think were settled long ago--never mind newer discoveries and research on topics such as the use of chimeras to study cancer, or pills that may extend life span by 30 or 40 percent.
As Carl Sagan eloquently wrote in The Demon-Haunted World, ignorance reigns in our society at a moment when science is on the cusp of doing amazing and wonderful things, but also dangerous things. Ignorance, said Sagan, is not an option.
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One of Miller?s findings that may surprise many Americans is that Europeans and Japanese actually rate slightly lower in science literacy.
...
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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B]about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting[/b]
Say it ain't so
Originally posted by: fisheerman
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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B]about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting[/b]
Say it ain't so
slippery slopes were are on in these times.....................
the ignorant are going to rain supreme in the not to distant future.
-fish
Originally posted by: Geocentricity
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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B]about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting[/b]
Say it ain't so
The universe orbits me
<-- hence the name
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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Okay, now let?s talk (dare I say rant?) about the 200 million Americans out there who cannot read a simple story in, say, Technology Review or the New York Times science section and understand even the basics of DNA or microchips or global warming.
This level of science illiteracy may explain why over 40 percent of Americans do not believe in evolution and about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting--placing these people in the same camp as the Inquisition that punished Galileo almost 400 years ago. It also explains the extraordinary disconnect between scientists and much of the public over issues the scientists think were settled long ago--never mind newer discoveries and research on topics such as the use of chimeras to study cancer, or pills that may extend life span by 30 or 40 percent.
As Carl Sagan eloquently wrote in The Demon-Haunted World, ignorance reigns in our society at a moment when science is on the cusp of doing amazing and wonderful things, but also dangerous things. Ignorance, said Sagan, is not an option.
...
One of Miller?s findings that may surprise many Americans is that Europeans and Japanese actually rate slightly lower in science literacy.
...
One of Miller?s findings that may surprise many Americans is that Europeans and Japanese actually rate slightly lower in science literacy.
hahahahahhahahah.. sorry, that was perfect!Originally posted by: fisheerman
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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B]about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting[/b]
Say it ain't so
slippery slopes were are on in these times.....................
the ignorant are going to rain supreme in the not to distant future.
-fish
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Originally posted by: fisheerman
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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B]about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting[/b]
Say it ain't so
slippery slopes were are on in these times.....................
the ignorant are going to rain supreme in the not to distant future.
-fish
Haha, funny.
Originally posted by: fisheerman
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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B]about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting[/b]
Say it ain't so
slippery slopes were are on in these times.....................
the ignorant are going to rain supreme in the not to distant future.
-fish
Originally posted by: Geocentricity
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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B]about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting[/b]
Say it ain't so
The universe orbits me
<-- hence the name
This level of science illiteracy may explain why over 40 percent of Americans do not believe in evolution and about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting--placing these people in the same camp as the Inquisition that punished Galileo almost 400 years ago.
Originally posted by: Strk
Originally posted by: Geocentricity
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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B]about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting[/b]
Say it ain't so
The universe orbits me
<-- hence the name
Lay off the Crispy Cremes
Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: Strk
Originally posted by: Geocentricity
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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B]about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting[/b]
Say it ain't so
The universe orbits me
<-- hence the name
Lay off the Crispy Cremes
Its Krispy Kremes. We don't spell things right in America.
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
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B]about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting[/b]
Say it ain't so
Originally posted by: Specop 007
The American Public should have a certain level of science illiteracy.
Why does the Average Joe need to understand the DNA structure? Next you'll say we all need to know Quatnum physics