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When Celebrities Speak on Science
Timberwolf0122 writes to mention that the website Sense About Science is encouraging stars not to comment on scientific issues without at least checking their facts. A somewhat amusing article on the BBC matches up a few comments made by celebrities with the factual reaction from experts in the field of study tackled by their blunder.
Maybe the politicians can shut up about science, creationism and turtle wax?
For better or worse George W. Bush is a celebrity and according to him the jury is still out on evolution. Amazing isn't it? Kind of makes me take three steps back.
The race isn't always to the swift... but that's the way to bet!
Found one! Read this poll on global warming opinions. I find it very interesting that 32% of Republicans feel that there is no solid evidence that the earth is getting warmer (which of course, it is). I don't think this shows traditional Republicans are dumber or less informed. I typically find the opposite to be true. I think it shows the influence of the Religious Right. But, that's just my unscientific speculation... it could be that they are simply listening to Rush and GW, and are simply mis-informed and ignorant of the fact.
Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy.
And you would have been an uninformed asshat for doing so. Do a search on the statistics of sexual abuse among Catholic clergy and compare that with rabbis and other Christian clergy, not to mention hockey coaches, teachers, parents, uncles etc. One would quickly learn that the stats on Catholic priests molesting boys is far lower than nearly all of those listed. Once again, it is the uninformed media that enjoys pushing an agenda in order to generate revenue. Presently Christianity is a wonderful target for the media and in the US, among the Christian churches, the Catholic Church is held under much contempt by their Christian brethren. Just head to the "Bible Belt" and in about 2 minutes you can make up a list of 100 uninformed completely erroneous points about the Catholic faith. All that being said, there are about 60 million Catholics in the US (mostly on the East Coast) and a good proportion are/were heavy into donations. The Catholic Church owns or owned quite a bit of property and though not rich, had a fair amount of net worth because of the real estate. Prime pickings for lawyers. I'm not downplaying the horrid victimization of those young boys and young men by those heinous seminarians/priests and the cover ups that ensued, but certainly the numbers have been dramatized and it took a neutral third party firm during the Boston trials to confirm what the Catholic Church was stating, that in deed, the numbers were much lower than being propagandized by the media and that the vast majority of crimes were committed by a handful of priests.
So insightful? No. Funny, for some I suppose. But certainly not insightful.