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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhere are people like Neil Degrasse Tyson and...
... Alan Guth among the protestors?
Did either of them get involved in riots or the state-at-home order protests?
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Where are people like Neil Degrasse Tyson and... (Original Post)
Buckeye_Democrat
May 2020
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Neil was on CNN talking about the Falcon launch and the space program today.
onecaliberal
May 2020
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LostinRed
(840 posts)1. ?
onecaliberal
(32,779 posts)2. Neil was on CNN talking about the Falcon launch and the space program today.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,852 posts)3. It was a rhetorical question.
My point is that this country needs major improvements in education.
And then we have this kind of nonsense in this country:
https://theconversation.com/the-iq-test-wars-why-screening-for-intelligence-is-still-so-controversial-81428
Ironically, some districts in the US have recently employed a maximum IQ score for admission into the police force. The fear was that those who scored too highly would eventually find the work boring and leave after significant time and resources had been put towards their training.
onecaliberal
(32,779 posts)5. This is the system we have allowed.
We sat idly by while the republicans incrementally looted the treasury.
People are exhausted. Until we vote for those who will work for we the people were screwed.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,852 posts)6. I agree.
It's going to be a massive undertaking to repair all the damage they've caused for decades.
alittlelark
(18,888 posts)4. The concurrent pandemic is limiting.