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The Real Science Gap
walterbyrd writes "This article attempts to explain why the US is struggling in its competition with other countries in the realm of scientific advancement. 'It's not insufficient schooling or a shortage of scientists. It's a lack of job opportunities. Americans need the reasonable hope that spending their youth preparing to do science will provide a satisfactory career.' I can hardly believe that somebody actually understands the present situation. It continues, 'The current approach — trying to improve the students or schools — will not produce the desired result, the experts predict, because the forces driving bright young Americans away from technical careers arise elsewhere, in the very structure of the US research establishment. For generations, that establishment served as the world’s nimblest and most productive source of great science and outstanding young scientists. Because of long-ignored internal contradictions, however, the American research enterprise has become so severely dysfunctional that it actively prevents the great majority of the young Americans aspiring to do research from realizing their dreams.'"
*Spare me the list of notable scientists who also held superstitious beliefs. Isaac Newton was interested in alchemy, but that does not mean his more legitimate accomplishments are dependent on the legitimacy of alchemy.
That's interesting, can you give me a list of useful scientific accomplishments that rely on the Theory of Evolution? For instance, would it be possible for a person to invent something like the air plane, light bulb, internal combustion engine, microprocessor, rockets, refrigerator, etc. without knowledge of the Theory of Evolution?
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Yes: medicine.
Can you provide any examples of medicines directly attributable to the Theory of Evolution, instead of chemistry and/or genetics?
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
I'm still not sure you've proved your point. I find it interesting that when germs gain resistance to antibiotics, they've evolved, but when I get an infection and then gain immunity I've simply adapted.
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.