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Are US Voters Informed Enough About Science?

Posted by kdawson on from the stone-knives-and-bearskins dept.

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 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.

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

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

  6. Clearly not by jmusits · · Score: 5, Funny

    Evidence here: http://www.bythefault.com/2008/08/10/someone-missed-a-science-class/

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  7. 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 ?