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Increased Science Literacy Correlated To Less Worry About Climate Change

Increased Science Literacy Correlated To Less Worry About Climate Change

Oct 05 2011 | comment(s)

It makes environmental activists crazy, in that 'believe scientists when science agrees with us but scientists are out to kill us when science doesn't agree' kind of way, but a large study of U.S. adults found that the more science they knew and the more independent they were, the less they were worried about climate change.
Teach Facts Or Teach Thinking? Why NCLB's Demise Could Hurt Science Classes

Teach Facts Or Teach Thinking? Why NCLB's Demise Could Hurt Science Classes

Oct 02 2011 | comment(s)

Being in media, it's easy to get inundated with convincing opposing data and so it's easy to understand why it can be confusing for the public who don't have hours each day to sift through it all. Over a decade ago, for example, people were concerned that American students tested poorly against students in Asia.  No Child Left Behind, which established education performance standards for states, therefore had terrific bipartisan support when it was instituted - it passed 384–45 in the House and 91-8 in the Senate.  Educators were that convincing in their concerns that students were losing ground worldwide.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu Gets White House Support - And Why That's Bad For Him

Energy Secretary Steven Chu Gets White House Support - And Why That's Bad For Him

Sep 30 2011 | comment(s)

After the election of Barack Obama in 2008, I had a few isolated concerns about his true science colors; he had issued creepy vaccine-autism statements, his transition team was stuffed with people who believed in anti-science UFO conspiracies, another suspect pick was tipped to run the EPA until his anti-vaccine quackery couldn't be hidden any more, and one of his picks thought girls couldn't do math. For a guy supposedly better for science his advisors were a concern.   John Holdren looked like a science pick, though he had a lot of Doomsday hysteria in his past so he was basically a question mark.
The Left Is More Anti-Science Than The Right Unless The Right Is More Anti-Science Than The Left

The Left Is More Anti-Science Than The Right Unless The Right Is More Anti-Science Than The Left

Sep 30 2011 | comment(s)

Question: Quick, what is the fastest way to make the term "false equivalence" appear?

Answer: Contend that whatever side of the political spectrum the person you are talking to is on is more anti-science than the other side.  Or even equal.

The Left is More Anti-Science than the Right 
Fact Checking Or Copy Checking? Journalism In Science

Fact Checking Or Copy Checking? Journalism In Science

Sep 30 2011 | comment(s)

Imagine if a journalist sent their story to former Republican Vice-President Dick Cheney to 'check the facts' - what would the outcry sound like from other journalists and the public?
Baseball Blasphemy? Pitching Is Only 25 Percent Of Team Success

Baseball Blasphemy? Pitching Is Only 25 Percent Of Team Success

Sep 29 2011 | comment(s)

Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr., better known as Connie Mack, once said that pitching is 75 percent of baseball.  He was speaking from experience, not data, and looks can be deceiving, as people who think a curve ball move two feet can attest, but science is about understanding the world according to data, and that includes baseball.   The data say he is wrong, according to a new analysis by a University of Delaware professor. Pitching is just 25 percent of a team's success.