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In reply to the discussion: The problem [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)I'm saying that I do not have a lot of the building blocks for understanding science beyond a fairly simple level.
I don't really understand how DNA works or how the planetary system fits together.
Someone told me today that nuclear energy is good because if we don't have it then radioactive substances appear in our fertilizers and in our soil. I have no response to a remark like that although it seems absurd to me.
But then here is an article on phosphorus and soil and it does not mention uranium or nuclear waste.
Was this guy just crazy or am I just ignorant?
I seem to have phosphorus in my soil. Is it because I mix my clay soil with animal manure and plant compost?
You see. These sorts of issues were just never thought of when I was a child many, many years ago. So that is why there is a science gap, and just educating children or lecturing will not solve the problem.