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National Academies on U.S. Science

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the holding-on-too-tight dept.

theodp writes to tell us that the National Academies, the nation's 'leading science advisory group', is warning of the continued loss of America's competitive edge with regards to science in the global community. In a press release they call for the immediate increase of teachers and advanced research and development, citing that 'in 2001 U.S. industry spent more on tort litigation than on research and development.' The Committee includes, among others, Intel's Craig 'Don't Call Us Benedict Arnold CEOs' Barrett.

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  1. Slashdot Hypocrisy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's interesting Scuttlemonkey targets Craig Barrett because Intel outsources jobs, yet Slashdot's parent company does the same thing!

    Talk about hypocrisy. But then again, this is slashdot.

  2. Re:Choosing between religion fanaticism and scienc by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually, they're fairly easy to observe. They're the sort of people who openly claim that intelligent design is even worth considering in science classes. They even go so far as to have tested scientific theories, such as evolution, removed from science curricula.

    It's necessary to question all scientific theories. That's what science is all about. But it's fanaticism when you start talking about "intelligent design" and other crap like that. Why is that? Because you're throwing out the scientific method in favour of interpretation of myth. Science cannot be based on a fanatical belief of myth.

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  3. Professionalism. by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thank you for bringing to our attention the issue of open source professionalism. Indeed, for some developers it is something that needs much work. Especially that particular KOffice developer who went around publically insulting a long time KDE and KOffice user. It saddens me that a single comment like that from such a developer can have such a negative impact on the image of such otherwise respectable projects.

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    1. Re:Professionalism. by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      The fact remains that I was correct, and the developer was wrong. However, that was no reason for him to throw out such insults, especially in public and while claiming to be a KOffice developer. That was very irresponsible behaviour of him to partake in.

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