Why anti-science politics is bad for America
Posted on April 9, 2009 | 25 Comments
Lawrence Krauss talks about how scholarship is being abused as well as dissipated in politics…. as well as because it is damaging to America’s prosperity. Credit: “The Role of Science: How to Identify as well as Counter Misuse as well as Abuse of Science” Aspen Ideas Festival 07 Jul. 03, 2007 The Aspen Institute www.aspeninstitute.org The full video can be found here: fora.tv Further reading: Scientific Integrity of Washington: Politics trumps science? (PDF) krauss.faculty.asu.edu Public Acceptance of Evolution richarddawkins …
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It is always refreshing to listen to an articulated person who understands the issues. Lawrence Krauss did an excellent job.
Very upsetting when science gets trumped by politics.
Stalin’s scientists said that collectivization will not work. They were either ignored, quited or sent to gulag labor camps. Collectivization was done anyway, and the result is history. Most people of the communism regimes didn’t die due to communism, they died due to silencing or ignoring science.
It’s truly pathetic. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could get rid of “faith” altogether. I tell you, the world would be a much different place.
If americans truly believe in religious anti-science bullshit, then it’s in real fucking trouble in the years ahead as a leading nation. For it is Science and Eduction that determins Technology and commence, feeding the nation’s strength. If by hand such a nation then rejects the knowledge of science commiting the crime of censering only those aspects of science that does not conflict with their personnal faith, then Religious Americans cannot complain as other nations overtake their postion.
If you don’t like science, then get off the internet.
He is a kickass guy, that Krauss.
Religion isnt a part of human nature, its just supersticion , science and education will make it absolete.
I live in norway in scandinavia. And we have less than 10% of people that are religius.
And most of them are immigrants and have brought their religion with them. And their numbers are shrinking.
I do belive that this eventualy will happen all over the world, mabye not in my lifetime but eventualy, unless the Fundamentalist destroy the earth first
Do you think so? Religion is part of human nature. It will not desapeare. The christian fundamentalism is growing fast. We need to fight to keep the religion-state separation, because in many countries the democracy is under attack right now.
The future belongs to athists!
The number of christians are shrinking and they will all die out eventualy
It may take time fore some areas of the world! but it will happen with time eventualy!
Ive seen it happen here in scandinavia
Its simpel Evolution really
The unfit and insane and uneducated will die out, and the Fit , sane rational will survive
You mean like raw footage? The truth? Or crap knowledge being broken down? I feel kind of left… oh I just got it…
Jim Henson I thought he was talking about the Muppet’s for a second there
Most of my fellow Christians are a bit irrationally (conveniently) accepting of this. Fortunately, most of us primarily rely upon science (”those who God gifted with the will and ability to study the ways of man and the world.”)
The school shootings were a long time coming. I had the same access and the same temptation at that age… and it was the early 80s. Fortunately for me, I had a mentor that operated as my moral compass that diverted my hostility elsewhere. God forgive me, but I must confess that most who pushed me that way were fellow Christians in their background.
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We presuppose that this country is all great and wonderful. Primairly due to our founding fathers. We are finished. And ladies and gentleman, take a bow, we did well, but we are finished. We just aren’t, on the whole, smart enough.
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this guys should have given this speech on TED, which I’m pretty sure he did too given his stature. Great Vid!
Alexandar Graham Belle was originally working on a way to send multiple different telepraph messages through the same wire. If he had been ORDERED to make that from above, that’s exactly what he would have done. But he would NOT have invented the Telephone.
Interesting. When it comes to Education, Mutation and Natural Selection are “Theories” and you have to “Teach the Controversy”. But when people’s lives are at stake, SUDDENLY there’s no prayer or witch doctors, all of a sudden it’s mutating microscopic organisms instead of evil spirits. How convenient.
Right On the money Video!
I couldn’t tell, sorry. Crazy religion fanatics tend to prey on scientific stuff that points out the stupidity of certain religious beliefs, so I assumed stuff wrongly.
Here’s some better sarcasm:
I hope that God decides your fate early and makes sure you suffer(he ~not she~ does that). The good lord loves me, but he hates you people for believing that “evolution” nonsense. He created all of us, and science hasn’t done anything positive for us like Jesus has!
Lolz.
It was meant to be a sarcastic comment…
Wow….. People took my comment seriously! Actually I am an Atheist…
What the hell? Wow, that’s interesting. Whose soul? Also, is this a religious comment?