Mars & The Teachable Moment · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Hemos on Monday May 10, 2004 @05:00AM from the learning-from-the-past dept.

Gallenod writes "In this article at space.com, Edna DeVore, Director of Education and Public Outreach for SETI, states that people are being continually exposed to pseudo-science from watching television and reading tabloids. Her examples include the "face" on Mars (which she discusses in detail in the article), alien autopsies, Area 51 in the Nevada desert as alien storage quarters, the "non-landings" on the Moon, UFO's, and alien kidnappings. DeVore describes the current Mars missions as a "teachable moment," an opportunity to teach factual science and astronomy in the context of sensationalistic psuedo-science and the legion of money-grubbing opportunists who make their living churning it out."

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Obligatory Miss Saigon quote... by kryonD · 2004-05-10 05:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"You can sell sh!t and get thanks...that's what I learned from the Yanks."

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I've dirtied my hands writing poetry, for the sake of seduction; that is, for the sake of a useful cause. --Dostoevsky