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Baclava
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:39 PM Original message |
Why are Americans not "getting" even basic science? |
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't forget the folks who think the military cause tsunamis |
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Maple
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Or those folks too stubborn |
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Left Is Write
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. They do? |
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arwalden
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Wed Dec-29-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
59. And Mercury Occasionally Reverses Its Orbital Path Around The Sun |
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redqueen
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm going to just bang my head against this desk until I fit in better |
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mark414
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. i thought i read somewhere |
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JohnKleeb
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Wed Dec-29-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. I wouldnt be surprised |
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qnr
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Disgusting, isn't it? n/t |
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sans qualia
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. A year is the amount of time that goes by |
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pmbryant
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. Apparently, scientists are very poor at public outreach |
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Baclava
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Freeman Dyson |
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vpigrad
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's to prevent critical thinking! |
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Ediacara
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Wed Dec-29-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
74. WTF |
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mitchum
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because TV is their special friend |
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tridim
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Although it's ironic.. If they had watched PBS last night |
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hfojvt
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. See the cat? See the cradle? n/t |
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alexisfree
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. only the US can have ... |
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kick-ass-bob
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. What about half the people thinking humans lived with dinosaurs? |
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mark414
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. duh they did! |
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kick-ass-bob
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. yabba dabba doo!!!!! |
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Baclava
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I thought birds were dinosaurs... |
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kick-ass-bob
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Only if homo sapien is homo erectus... |
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Baclava
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Well.... |
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LongTomH
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. I thought Republicans were the dinosaurs! |
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Baclava
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Impossible! |
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hfojvt
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. maybe because it is irrelevant? |
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Baclava
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. You're right... |
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kick-ass-bob
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. yes, everyone knows no one ever uses science for anything. |
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liontamer
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I think hfojvt has a point |
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sir_captain
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I understand what you're saying |
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qnr
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. That's bull. Sure people forget things. But thinking the |
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Left Is Write
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Wed Dec-29-04 04:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. I agree to a point also, but |
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Pacifist Patriot
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Wed Dec-29-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
67. There is a difference between "trivia" and basic knowledge. |
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liontamer
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. good point n/t |
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qnr
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I'm gaping. Honestly. That a human being in 2004 could actually |
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hfojvt
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Actually, it was typed |
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qnr
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Right, like it's an either/or situation. Bye-bye. |
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ProfessorGAC
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Unbrilliant! |
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redqueen
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. WOULD SOMEBODY JUST KILL ME NOW! |
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hfojvt
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. certainly the redqueen should be able to believe |
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redqueen
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Very good! |
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hfojvt
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I did not know if it was the red queen or the white, etc. |
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redqueen
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Oog |
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liontamer
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. does it matter that we have fewer engineering/science majors |
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redqueen
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I don't know if this is true, really. |
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Baclava
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. 'tis nobler |
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Merrick
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Wed Dec-29-04 05:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. Knowledge of basic facts isn't irrelevant |
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SidDithers
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Wed Dec-29-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. September 2... |
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NNadir
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Wed Dec-29-04 07:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
71. It is exactly this kind of thinking that proves we are doomed. |
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hfojvt
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Wed Dec-29-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Well, I am happy to have accomplished something |
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Not_Giving_Up
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. My son got sent to the office for arguing with his third grade teacher |
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sakabatou
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. My astronomy teacher would have a heart-attack |
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pink-o
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. That stupid teacher should disappear |
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Not_Giving_Up
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I'm glad to say that my son is a math and science nut |
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Sunny_Sunshine
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. What's an Aspie? |
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tridim
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Shorthand for Asperger syndrome |
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mr blur
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Wed Dec-29-04 06:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
70. One of our kids has Aspergers... |
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tridim
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I honestly don't know how those types of people go through life |
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tk2kewl
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. did she write up the teacher for her stupidity |
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redqueen
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I was wondering that as well. |
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Squatch
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Wed Dec-29-04 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. If you fix the observer's frame of reference to the earth, that 25% |
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Squatch
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
37. DUers, too: |
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Rabrrrrrr
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. Because of the influence of intelligence-fearing Christians, and because |
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Zenlitened
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. There is a deficit of wonder in the world today. |
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Baclava
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Wed Dec-29-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. We look... |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Wed Dec-29-04 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
54. It's because we live in an anti-intellectual culture |
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ProfessorGAC
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Wed Dec-29-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Happens Right Here At DU |
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arwalden
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Wed Dec-29-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Roger! Copy-That! Ten-Four! I Hear Ya!! Loud And Clear!! |
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ProfessorGAC
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Wed Dec-29-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. What Are Ya Gonna Do? |
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qnr
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Wed Dec-29-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. I wholeheartedly agree. I mean, it kind of denigrates the brain |
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hfojvt
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Wed Dec-29-04 04:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. expletive deleted |
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sugar magnolia
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Wed Dec-29-04 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
62. My daughter loves science and learned a lot in pre-school & kindergarten |
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Pacifist Patriot
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Wed Dec-29-04 04:44 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Crazy indeed. |
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Baclava
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Wed Dec-29-04 06:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. This is what I fear... |
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barb162
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Wed Dec-29-04 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
75. When I watch Jay Leno and he asks people when WWII was and |
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