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The Leonard Lopate Show / November 19, 2007 / Science and the Next American President

Science and the Next American President

Monday, November 19, 2007

Whoever wins the presidency in the 2008 election will shape energy policy, bioethics debates, and space exploration. We look into how today’s political debates will affect America’s scientific future. Chris Mooney is Washington correspondent for Seed magazine and a senior correspondent for the American Prospect.

Read Chris Mooney’s article, “Dr. President,” in Seed magazine


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  • [1] Paulo from Paterson, New Jersey November 19, 2007 - 12:47PM

    This is precisely why the evolution question is an important one. I probably wouldn't have supported Mike Huckabee anyway (although I do like him as a person), when he raised his hand on not believing in evolution, he became completely unelectable in my mind.

    Why? Well, he is going to be making these kinds of decisions! Not to mention that on ANY decision, you have to be able to process a lot of facts and come up with the best solution to a problem. Now. If you have somebody who says: "No. I'd rather not examine that evidence. This book has all the answers I'm ever going to need. I don't even want to hear it." They will extend that philosophy to other parts of their life.

    A believer in creationism is someone who has accepted the fairy tale because they've been too lazy or afraid to examine the evidence, or he is someone who has examined all of the evidence and in spite of that insurmountable proof rejected it in favor of the fairy tale. One person is just ignorant, the other is insane. Either way... not Presidential material.
  • [2] eCAHNomics November 19, 2007 - 01:29PM

    Global warming agenda: W is bought & paid for by oil cos.
  • [3] eCAHNomics November 19, 2007 - 01:35PM

    Stem cells: W is owned by evangelicals.
  • [4] Gene November 20, 2007 - 02:06PM

    >>A believer in creationism is someone who has accepted the fairy tale because they've been too lazy or afraid to examine the evidence

    If I were God, it is THIS that would infuriate me. "How dare you refuse to use the GIFT I gave you, an inquiring mind, to honestly examine the GIFT I gave you (the universe)?"

    That is, If I existed, of course.

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