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Top Advisory Panel Warns Erosion of U.S. Science
fbg111 writes "From the NYT: A panel of experts convened by the National Academies, the nation's leading science advisory group, called yesterday for an urgent and wide-ranging effort to strengthen scientific competitiveness. The 20-member panel, reporting at the request of a bipartisan group in Congress, said that without such an effort the United States 'could soon lose its privileged position.' It cited many examples of emerging scientific and industrial power abroad and listed 20 steps the United States should take to maintain its global lead."
but we more than make up for it with intelligent desing
remove Bush administration...
Given the United States penchant for spin, as evidenced by its political problems, we feel it necessary to warn you that U.S. Science may infact try to state that you don't exist.
Keep a sharp watch!
signed,
Advisory Panel
In the future, I would want to not be isolated from my friends in the Space Station.
Every infomercial I watch talks about how every product is a leading scientific breakthrough for the 21st century. I have a channel on DirecTV that only has infomercials, so I should know. Just wait until Ronco hears about this!
You are in a maze of little twisting passages, all different.
By labeling "intelligent design" as science.
When the label finally sticks, we'll be in the lead again. YAY!!!
Kansas will be the new MIT.
Yes, let's pray to God that people come to their senses!
In response to the need to find out why scientific competetiveness was lacking, a study was initiated to solve this conundrum. However, the study was deemed inconclusive due to the lack of resources, mismatched numerical systems, and little or no understanding of the core problem.
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Why did it take a "Top Advisory Panel" to tell us this? Real science answers to real science questions
"MY APOCALYPTIC TENOR HAS NOT BEEN DISPELLED!" - T-Rex, qwantz.com
(I submitted this to McSweeney's Internet Tendency. It got rejected, so you'all get to suffer:)
Suggested Names for Bills Requiring Intelligent Design in Schools:
Trofim's Law
Global Laughingstock Initiative
No Child Left Secular
Equal Time for Unbelievable Bullshit Measure
Last Nail in the Coffin for Public Education Act
Irreducible Complexity Sophistry Initiative
Created for Excellence and Metric Elimination Bill
National Irrelevance Act
I believe the correct term is "Intelligent Dirt Pushing."
If a baby duck is a "duckling," why would anyone want to eat "dumplings?"
Kayne West was so close.
That's "Mr. Soulless Automaton" to you, Bub.
"I'm from the United States. Sorry about our government."
It worked well as an introduction.
*** Sigs are a stupid waste of bandwidth.