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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:52 PM Original message |
U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Of course, the dumbing down of America's gone on for years |
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PaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And all those dead scientists... |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 02:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. well, with the Dinosaur Park in Florida rewriting proven |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
61. obviously one instance doesn't instantly make idiots of us |
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The Zanti Regent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 07:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. This is what happens when Biblical Lysenkoism runs wild |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
70. "Biblical Lysenkoism". Genius, man, Genius. |
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jsw_81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
79. They're already pushing creationism |
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worldgonekrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. It had to bite us in the butt eventually |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, maybe if we quit worrying so much about erectile dysfunction and |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 11:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. You got one of the reasons for strangling the public schools |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 02:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. the right wing is attempting to dumb down America |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 07:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. "Populous" is not a noun. "Populace" is the word you want. |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 05:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
71. whatever |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 04:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. I believe it's called... |
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phaseolus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. When I was a kid... |
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Sparky McGruff (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 11:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. We *did* sequence the human genome... |
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Sufi Marmot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Heh...just wait until the biotech industry gets outsourced... |
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Veggie Meathead (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 04:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I read in one of the threads here at DU that some of the best |
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Eye and Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 11:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. It's not accountants so much as it is thieves. Thieves in pricey suits. |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 06:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Sports players make more money than cancer researchers..that |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 08:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
45. When I was a kid, Sputnik was scaring everyone |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
50. Yep. And why pay us well when you can hire foreign scientists at cut-rate |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. The fact that * has politicized science does not help. |
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LadeJarl (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. The bible gives |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The U.S. are leaders in creation science |
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despairing optimist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. We'll take back the lead in augury and soothsaying soon |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. What do you expect when all the young future scientists |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. our current gov't |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. Small wonder |
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DianeG5385 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
15. In case you're wondering we never had dominance |
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uncertainty1999 (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
77. Interesting ... I saw this phenomenon in grad school |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
16. Nonsense! America leads the world in Creationist Science! |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The Earth is somwhere between 4,000 to 10,000 years old, actually. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. And those so-called "dinosaur bones" |
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Nlighten1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 07:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. How are the tests inconclusive. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 07:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
75. Please know that I am kidding!!! |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 02:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I wonder how many creationists |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
57. no it's not |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. Science done oversees is likely to be better... |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. All you had to do is look around the graduate depts. in math/science |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
48. "Only fools and foreigners..." |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:25 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. In school mathematics and science, USA is average |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. I guess that's what happens |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
26. Science is for pussies! |
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Kinkistyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
27. The Science of Killing. |
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brokensymmetry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
30. It's just the beginning. |
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R Hickey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. Since Reagan, our non-violent prison population has more than doubled |
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Vitruvius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
32. And U.S. management treats scientists like DIRT. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 07:15 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. This happened to a friend of mine. |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
33. American Companies Are Unwilling To Hire And Pay Accordingly |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
35. The citizens of this country are the blame for this |
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mulethree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 07:41 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Might help if the library hours went beyond 10-5 |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
39. I lay this squarely at the feet of Christian Fundamentalists |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
41. Evil chemistry and evil biology |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
43. Smirk bring back the Middle Ages |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
44. Not to worry, folks. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
46. Exactly what the religious right wants... |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
47. Back in Black |
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prodigal_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
51. Climate of Anti-Intellectualism and Freeper Science |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
52. Bush *promotes* the outsourcing of these jobs. *These* are the jobs |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
53. I'm 100% not shocked |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
54. lol |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
55. Nothing New |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:03 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. exactly right - no US students going to grad school in sciences |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. This is a phenomenon across the world, though. |
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lagniappe (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
56. It will only get worse |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 03:27 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. As A Texas Vet, I Can Go Back To Grad School For Free - The Hazelwood Act |
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lagniappe (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 06:15 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Computer Science Job Market |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. This is a moment when I really regret losing Gore. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
62. Who Cares? ~ We don't like them intellectual types anyway |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
63. problems start at the top |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
65. We're losing our dominance in Science? Gee, I wonder why. |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
66. This did NOT start w/ Bush |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. good use of subtle sarcasm!!! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
69. A couple of factors |
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Vitruvius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
73. There's also a (dup) thread in Editorials & other articles |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
74. Start with the schools |
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Roaming (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:50 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Yes, let's even start at the very earliest grades. We need to get |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
76. It's too bad we have an idiot in the White House that despises science. |
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jsw_81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
78. I'm not surprised |
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