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patrice

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45. ABSOLUTELY correct. TOO MANY ADULTS don't know what science is, how it works, or what it means.

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 01:20 PM

Jun 2013

I'm afraid I have to agree with anti-religionists on this matter. Organized and institutionalized forms of spirituality can cause too many people to ADMIRE and RESPECT ignorance, especially scientific ignorance.

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The problem [View all] babylonsister Jun 2013 OP

He pretty much nails it. Arkansas Granny Jun 2013 #1

Agreed, but... Bibliovore Jun 2013 #4

If the problem is adults who don't know science... hay rick Jun 2013 #15

which only happens if you have adults who understand and respect science Sirveri Jun 2013 #34

K&R - nt Ohio Joe Jun 2013 #2

k&r nt steve2470 Jun 2013 #3

I hope I dont get Neil in a lot of trouble here, but I think he is God. Yeah, the real God. rhett o rick Jun 2013 #5

... babylonsister Jun 2013 #6

K & R SunSeeker Jun 2013 #7

I agree TxDemChem Jun 2013 #8

The problem is Morans that believe science is COMMIE. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #9

Try living in RedNeckLand, honey IrishAyes Jun 2013 #10

Want to flip them out? Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #14

Thanks - I can always use new ammunition! IrishAyes Jun 2013 #17

If you listen to NPR and watch PBS in the rural South they think you're a gay commie Al Queda spy coldmountain Jun 2013 #26

Well, this is the great MidWest IrishAyes Jun 2013 #28

Nailed Neil! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #11

And the cause is that the 'leadership' of this country n2doc Jun 2013 #12

And for-profit schools with Texas schoolbooks. :-( n/t ReRe Jun 2013 #20

Well said malaise Jun 2013 #13

If this country was run by the kids tblue Jun 2013 #16

Um, one more thing, Neil...... 90-percent Jun 2013 #18

Dunno. kag Jun 2013 #21

Brilliant! thanks babylonsistah Cha Jun 2013 #19

...and handsome, too. Iggo Jun 2013 #22

What breaks my heart about about America is the growth of willful ignorance coldmountain Jun 2013 #24

It's too horribly foreign and alien to them IrishAyes Jun 2013 #31

Nice, but what are we doing to work toward a solution? I can find a thousand opinions about jtuck004 Jun 2013 #23

Without an alternate party that actually babylonsister Jun 2013 #27

If you're not finding solutions, it is only because you are not looking for them. Dr. DeGrasse-Tyson Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #32

Yeah, that's it. And they are working so well jtuck004 Jun 2013 #33

Do you have a link? JDPriestly Jun 2013 #47

Are you're saying that you lack the capacity to learn because you're old? Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #48

Thanks for the link. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #53

K&R ReRe Jun 2013 #25

OMG!! I *LOVE* this man! chervilant Jun 2013 #29

Fucking charisma = 18! longship Jun 2013 #30

K&R 99Forever Jun 2013 #35

I've never heard of nor seen this guy tavalon Jun 2013 #36

For you... babylonsister Jun 2013 #37

Thank you, I will read that with great interest when I get up tavalon Jun 2013 #38

You're welcome babylonsister Jun 2013 #40

Way cool guy. progressoid Jun 2013 #39

Wow, thanks tavalon Jun 2013 #41

To nitpick just a little - I love Neil - but it's not that adults nowadays don't know science. I'd Nay Jun 2013 #42

Stupid stands out when set next to intelligent. They don't like that so they attack. L0oniX Jun 2013 #43

True; my point was, though, that 'stupid' used to be ashamed of being stupid/ignorant, and Nay Jun 2013 #44

You're right, it isn't. Today the stupid/ignorant are fiercely proud of it and will go to Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #55

ABSOLUTELY correct. TOO MANY ADULTS don't know what science is, how it works, or what it means. patrice Jun 2013 #45

Who is going to make learning science fun for adults? JDPriestly Jun 2013 #46

Learning Science IS Fun... NancyDL Jun 2013 #51

The right-wingers know Jesus will save our planet from the destruction being caused by greed and indepat Jun 2013 #49

. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #50

Nonsense. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #52

GOOGLE: Oxford human extinction technology proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #54