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Obama Answers Science Policy Questionnaire

Posted by Soulskill on from the one-down,-one-to-go dept.

thebestsophist writes "A couple months ago, Scientists and Engineers for America, Science Debate 2008, and a bunch of other science organizations sent McCain, Obama, and all the Congressional candidates a bunch of questions on science and technology. Topics included biosecurity, genetics research, and national security, as well as the more common questions on research and education. Well, Senator Obama just answered." Senator McCain has not responded to the questionnaire at this point in time, but the site has a profile of his views and actions relating to science policy, which provides a good basis for comparing the candidates' stances. We've previously discussed the differences between the two candidates' technology platforms. According to a recent NPR story, both candidates intend to keep politics out of science.

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  1. Obama's response? by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, Sen Obama's entire science policy can be summed up by "Error establishing a database connection"?

    Interesting.

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    1. Re:Obama's response? by sokoban · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, and McCain's is summed up by "Error 404: File not found"

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    2. Re:Obama's response? by CaptainPatent · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh man, his policy changed. Now it's "Server not found"

      He's already flip-flopping on the issues!

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  2. Re:Politics out of science? what about religion? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Initially, I was perplexed by your comment about Palin being "the kind of person I always hated in High School". Then I remembered that this is /. and she's an attractive female and it all made sense.