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."

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Chicken Little

[RentonSentinel]

Umm... yeah, after Bush invented his hurricane machine, he set about murdering all scientists using creationist goons.

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I guess the scientists are going to move to Nigeria, where they have a very high "happiness quotient".

I agree, but geeks have NEGATIVE traits also

[Work Account]

Sure, we're smart. But we're also frequently:

- Lazy
- Get bored easily
- Poor at communicating
- Often unattractive physically
- Overvalue intelligence and therefore often judgemental of others

I am confident and can admit these flaws and I personally share some of them.

Just don't get arrogant thinking you are the perfect human because you probably are not.

Re:Only one course of action remains

[RentonSentinel]

What are you talking about? The country is ***DOOOOOMED***

Its ***DEAD*** its all GAME OVER

The New York Times sez so!!!

Bush has already killed us!!!

Now give me +5 for hating Bush!!!!!

Blue pill DOESN'T win every time

[Work Account]

I'm living proof of it.

And not to toot my own horn, but many of us are capable of leading balanced well-rounded lives.

Poltically involved, intelligent, athletic, caring, family people, many friends, do charity, etc. I do all of that stuff and know others who do as well.

But you would be correct if you said most choose the blue pill of sloth/laziness/greed/non-caring.

Re:I really don't think thats it

[Cat_Byte]

I really don't feel that religion has anything to do with this.

I totally agree. The far left always proves a point by stereotyping the "religious right" into thinking they are a bunch of bible thumping granny's. I'm right wing and involved in technology and science very much.

The truth is, it has nothing to do with right or left. The far left has "tree-huggers" who want to get rid of industry, dams, power generators, cars, etc. I don't see anyone on the right making accusations like this as to why we are falling behind.

Let me guess, you're EUROPEAN

[Work Account]

I can just tell.

While you Europeans kill yourselves with tobacco and every other drug under the sun, at least some of us Americans still have morals.

While you Europeans bash our country incessantly, why not take an economics class or two and realize that your method of artificially trying to create jobs just doesn't work.

Making 40 hour a week full-timers work 30 hours a week so that others can work is not sound economics.

Oh, and the birth rate in Europe is much less than the 1-1 ratio needed to simply maintain the current population.

So, while we in the US will prevail fine, expect to see much of Europe continue to disappear over the next 100 years and be replaced by the stream of poor uneducated immigrants that are currently wrecking havoc in the UK and other places.

Obligitory Fundamentalist Troll

[foolish_to_be_here]

Mod me a Troll but it has to be said, Fundamentalist are the new American Talaban.

Re:You're a good second example.

[nine-times]

Because that is an emotional reaction. If those people who still believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth have a problem with someone telling them they're wrong and using them as an example of why the US is losing in this field, why should I care?

A well justified emotional reaction. If someone came to you and said, "You're a moron, so I'm going to start telling you what's true," don't you think you'd be a little upset?

If you have a sort of "intelligence" that causes you to believe yourself to be superior to everyone else, and therefore causes to be self-righteous in steamrolling over others' lives, and to be indignant when those people don't appreciate your "guidance", that sort of "intelligence" entitles you to be in charge of exactly jack and sh*t.

BTW, study up on your relativity, my boy, because the people who believe that the sun goes around the Earth aren't necessarily wrong.