As usual I agree. While it may not be directly related to a politicians duties, failing to acquire a basic grasp of where we are in scientific terms is hardly wise, and more disturbingly Roubini seems to have an attitude of a willfully ignorant person. If major scientific findings are dismissed as irrelevant or inconsequential, what else does he choose to be ignorant of?
Seems a damned foolish mindset.
Do you have any specifics or are you just talking shit?THank-you!
People don't realize the damage caused to science in this country by having a scientifically illiterate know nothing be elected for 2 terms.
We really can't afford another Bush.
Right, science should be science. Creationism is not science.I agree with him on how his views on science don't apply to some aspects of the government, and as long as he doesn't attempt to codify any religious beliefs into law, I couldn't care less what he thinks in regard to the Earth's creation. I cringed a little when he said that people should be free to teach what they want as I really do not want to see Creationism taught in public schools outside of a religion class, but then he goes into talking about parents. The latter is a non-issue.
Is this the new rape gotcha? What he believes about this isn't relevant to his job.
"it has nothing to do with the gross domestic product or economic growth of the United States"
Speaking as an evolutionary biologist, I agree with him that the age of the earth has little immediate/direct relevance to the economy of the US. That said, fluency in basic scientific thinking, like scientific methods, data generation and analysis, etc. are absolutely very important to the economy of the US. Rubio might be interested to know that the calculations that give us estimates of the earth's age are extremely similar to many financial calculations. Then again, he might not be - he doesn't strike me as a curious person.
Call it a trap question then.LOL. Several Republican politicians don't merely stick their own feet in their respective maws, but rather swallow the damn things whole with their idiotic comments about rape, and somehow it's a "gotcha"?
That's fuckin' rich. What is it like to live without integrity?
Is this the new rape gotcha? What he believes about this isn't relevant to his job.
whats funny is you slam Rubio for being honest.......It's really unfortunate that Mr. Rubio couldn't gather the courage to risk offending the evangelical wing of the Republican Party by answering this with, "About 4 billion years old, obviously."
Call it a trap question then.
Well God created everthing in 6 days , Now the last thing he created was man. All this in six days . Now it really doesn't say How long a god day is to man . But God does asign man to one day. That 1 day is what we call 1,000 years. But thats Man day. God does not asign a day to creation as measured. Thats what they say according to Moses. Befor the flood and creation itself those stories are older than the hebrew text.It is written in stone and clay tablets . The eden story the flood all of it. Moses had access to all the knowledge that was kept . Even Amon/ Amun /Amen Ra. A mono Egyptian God who also was 3 differant gods. A concept later adopted by christians threw Rome. Hebrew and Roman(Greek) mythology can be traced directly back to Egyptian .
I don't know how old it is. Its what ever the authorities say . I don't think God really measures time. Man does. Time was meant for man. The beast is driven by nature
It's really unfortunate that Mr. Rubio couldn't gather the courage to risk offending the evangelical wing of the Republican Party by answering this with, "About 4 billion years old, obviously."
It's really unfortunate that Mr. Rubio couldn't gather the courage to risk offending the evangelical wing of the Republican Party by answering this with, "About 4 billion years old, obviously."
What good is knowing how old the earth is?
What good is knowing how old the earth is?
Here's the answer I would vote for:
My faith tells me the Universe was created in 6 days and I believe it.
Science tells me that the Universe is billions of years old and I believe that too. I make all my political decisions based on science. However, I reserve the right to believe in my faith.
I keep both separate but I won't try and tell you what to do.
seems obvious to me that he's not dumb but doesn't want to offend extremists Christians.
the overwhelmingly vast majority of Christians do not believe that the world was literally created in 7 days, but a politician's gotta do what a politician's gotta do.