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Are US Voters Informed Enough About Science?

Naturalist writes "For decades, educators and employers have worried that too few Americans are preparing for careers in science. But there's evidence to support a new, broader concern in this election year: Ordinary Americans may not know enough about science to make informed decisions on key questions."

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  1. No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whew.. I thought that question would be harder!

  2. Math and Science are important by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Four out of three ordinary Americans agree they don't know enough about math and science. :)

  3. Re:Obviously not by QuantumG · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is why science needs to make a supreme being, then it just becomes a practical question: which would you rather worship? A God that doesn't care or a God that ensures you have enough to eat and something interesting to watch on tv?

    Hmm.. damned if you do and damned if you don't indeed.

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  4. Re:Obviously not by F�an�ro · · Score: 5, Funny

    An omnipotent being could very well make it so that all religions are correct at the same time, even the mutually exclusive ones.
    Omnipotency is weird like that.

  5. Re:Obviously not by yada21 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That is not omnipotency that is market segmantation. Like selling basically the same car as a chevy or an oldsmobile or a buick.

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  6. Re:DEMOCRACY MANTRA by PakProtector · · Score: 3, Funny

    Remember, the collective ignorance of the people is wiser than the educated and specialised few!

    My Gods, Jimbo Wales, is that you?

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  7. Re:Mod parent up, please. by Errtu76 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good call. I'll mod him up right after this post.

  8. Clearly not by jmusits · · Score: 5, Funny
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  9. Re:Obviously not by meringuoid · · Score: 3, Funny
    unimaginable amounts of lost culture

    Don't be ridiculous; any cathedral-level building gives a 50% bonus to that city's cultural output. Even temples are a substantial boost - it's really hard to expand your borders in the early game without a religion.

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  10. Re:Obviously not by drsmithy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Atheism is in itself a belief system. The belief that there is no God.

    Like the way not collecting stamps is a hobby ?