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Did the US Take the Back Seat In Science In 2009?

Posted by Soulskill on from the relegated-to-the-trunk dept.

tcd004 writes "In the PBS NewsHour's roundup of the biggest science news of the year, Neil DeGrasse Tyson dropped this doozie: '[Scientific leadership] drives the economic strength and security of nations. The fall is not from a cliff. More like a slow, downward slide — almost imperceptible from day to day. But as the years pass America will have descended from leaders to players to merely followers as we fade to insignificance, at best hitching a ride on the innovations of others.'"

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  1. Re:I expect so... by sumdumass · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Please explain what "People like him and people like you are the reason we're in this fucking mess. You've driven this country off a goddamn cliff and we're not going to sit here and watch anymore." means. I'm left with nothing to go by your statements because you seem to list things that came to be and were the fault of the left and the right (err democrats and republicans) to varying degrees with gross support by third party activists leaning on all sides too.

    You've had your say. You're obviously incompetent. Now we're done arguing with you. So sit down, shut up, and let the grownups work.

    I'm wondering if your not the pot calling the kettle black and maybe you should lead by example.