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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: Vic
It's not very scientific to get emotional about people who question science.
But they control the Country
not anymore.
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: Vic
It's not very scientific to get emotional about people who question science.
But they control the Country
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: Vic
It's not very scientific to get emotional about people who question science.
But they control the Country
Originally posted by: Gibsons
The laws of thermodynamics are theories, as are Newton's laws of motion.
Originally posted by: verndewd
Hilarious.wait till we find out that this time space continuum is just a septic tank for immeasurably large monodeists.
They are valid theories until something disproves them. All theories are unproved and unproveable, but all scientific theories can be disproven. They might have a mountain of supporting evidence (certainly the case for thermodynamics, and yes, evolution), but they're still not proven, only supported.Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
Originally posted by: Gibsons
The laws of thermodynamics are theories, as are Newton's laws of motion.
They are theories that have been used time and time again to make incredibly accurate predictions when applied in right circumstances.
It is true that they theories (I grant that completely) but they are also laws.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_thermodynamics
Originally posted by: Coldkilla
In my history middle school class (7 years ago), a girl didn't know where Antartica was... I say about 1/3rd of the the class couldn't name all the continents.. 1/2 couldn't name all the oceans. Pathetic.
Originally posted by: foghorn67
Originally posted by: zinfamous
...You can also consider this: pig insulin as a treatment for diabeties. It's been around for more than 50 years now. It works. It doesn't work, however, in a world where evolution is not true. The majority of insulin is sythesized now, but it was the use of pig insulin that got us here.Originally posted by: foghorn67
Originally posted by: DougK62
Originally posted by: foghorn67
Neither Evolution nor Creationism can technically proved into scientific laws. Theories at best.
You don't know what you're talking about.
really. Is Evolution scientific law?
Anyway...let's NOT turn this into a weekly evolution debate, shall we?
You are painting something with a rather broad brush. Let's admit that is a lot assumption.
Originally posted by: verndewd
Hilarious.wait till we find out that this time space continuum is just a septic tank for immeasurably large monodeists.
Originally posted by: d3n
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.
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Sagan had a nice quote there. For all the advancement I would say that civilization is bordering on controlled chaos most of the time. People will revert to a primal state without the thin veil of government to be held over them. Science will be the first thing to go when people are faced with everyday problems. I happen to think that science is the only thing that will get us beyond our everyday problems. Hopefully, it will get us off of this rock before we doom or selves or something comes along and does it for us.
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: verndewd
Hilarious.wait till we find out that this time space continuum is just a septic tank for immeasurably large monodeists.
how's the skunk today?
Originally posted by: Oceandevi
Originally posted by: d3n
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17535/
...
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.
...
Sagan had a nice quote there. For all the advancement I would say that civilization is bordering on controlled chaos most of the time. People will revert to a primal state without the thin veil of government to be held over them. Science will be the first thing to go when people are faced with everyday problems. I happen to think that science is the only thing that will get us beyond our everyday problems. Hopefully, it will get us off of this rock before we doom or selves or something comes along and does it for us.
Which proves to me that we are animals.
Originally posted by: Heen05
the sun does NOT rotate around the planets? wtf?
Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Forget the evolution debate (religion comes in, things get messy).
But this - about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting - is the real shocker. Come on, no way can this be true. If it is, I'm speechless. The US has a literacy rate of 99% - and I believe how the planets work is something everyone knows by the time they are out of Elementary School.
Originally posted by: Kaieye
Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Forget the evolution debate (religion comes in, things get messy).
But this - about 20 percent, when asked if the earth orbits the sun or vice versa, say it?s the sun that does the orbiting - is the real shocker. Come on, no way can this be true. If it is, I'm speechless. The US has a literacy rate of 99% - and I believe how the planets work is something everyone knows by the time they are out of Elementary School.
I don't believe that the literacy rate of 99% in the US is correct. But I believe that the literacy rate in Eastern Asia is higher than here in America.
Originally posted by: mjrpes3
What's more likely: that people don't understand what the word 'orbit' means, or that, visually in their mind, they really do believe that the sun orbits around the earth?
Originally posted by: kstu
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
oh the ironing
wow, waaay too slow
Originally posted by: aidanjm
Originally posted by: kstu
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
oh the ironing
wow, waaay too slow
You are all dumb, it is 'too', not 'to'.
Originally posted by: Random Variable
If one doesn't understand quantum electrodynamics, is one scientifically illiterate?