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Debatable Science?
Posted By Stefan Monsaureus
A grassroots / netroots effort to call for a presidential debate on scientific and technological issues has been announced.
Given the many urgent scientific and technological challenges facing America and the rest of the world, the increasing need for accurate scientific information in political decision making, and the vital role scientific innovation plays in spurring economic growth and competitiveness, we call for a public debate in which the U.S. presidential candidates share their views on the issues of The Environment, Health and Medicine, and Science and Technology Policy.
Science Debate 2008 is a grassroots initiative spearheaded by a growing number of scientists and other concerned citizens. The signatories to our “Call for a Presidential Debate on Science & Technology” include Nobel laureates and other leading scientists, presidents of universities, congresspersons of both major political parties, business leaders, religious leaders, former presidential science advisors, the editors of America’s major science journals, writers, and the current and several past presidents of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, among many others.
It may be wishful thinking, but how cool would it be if we could witness some intelligent discourse on these critical issues instead of mindless babbling about whether or not Mormonism is Christian, and whether Jesus and Satan shared common parentage.
12 December 2007
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I hope the debate is moderated by someone with a modicum of scientific knowledge and, as you’ve hinted, that the debate stays on topic.