These people were always there, it's just that they were blinvisible before there were internets.
I think that's part of it. However, I imagine if Summers' book had come out in, say, 1980, I'd think that the media would be all over the scientific inaccuracies of the book, and she'd be unable to do any mainstream interviews that were not highly critical of her.
So what's changed? The whole "balanced", "he said/she said" tendencies of modern media. You know, there are "two sides" to every story.... In this case, there's the science side of the story, and there's the "Western medicine/science sucks" side, and the media reports as if both are equally valid.
Is it just me, or is our society/culture becoming less scientifically literate?
I don't know, I'd have to see some data.
At the trick or treating event I took the kids too this weekend, I parked my little Honda between two massive pickups. Both pickups had an 'Don't blame me, I voted for the American' bumper stickers. Only one of them had the 'Vote Republican: Because not everyone can be on welfare' bumper sticker.
Is it just me, or is our society/culture becoming less scientifically literate?
These people were always there, it's just that they were blinvisible before there were internets.
Sure, they were always there, but I think that there are more of them now.
I just think the internet makes it easier for the scientifically illiterate to compete for bandwidth.
And it makes scientifically illiterate ideas more accessible to people who want "proof" of what they want to believe.
Gud, you should have congratulated them on their vote for Ron Paul.
oh Gud, I wish you could have added the bumper sticker my brother really wanted to manufacture a few years back..
Someone in the Saudi Royal family loves me
He wanted to put them on giant gas guzzlers when he saw them.
Seriously, I do blame it on inadequate science education over the past several generations.
The good news is that as a society we've become better at Questioning Authority. The bad news is that we don't authoritatively question those who Question Authority, which is the next step.
Oh, great glowing orb in the sky, why have you forsaken me?
Didn't you move to the Pacific Northwest? I'd say you did the foraking.
I am so sick of being expensively shaped.
I've had good luck at Marshalls and TJ Maxx on occasion. Last time I just did Nordie's, to the tune of $176. OUCH.
but god help your ass if you fart around Loki.
Bwahahaha!
It's easier to have schadenfreude when you don't know the schadenee personally.
So true.
I want to take the week off to prepare for Halloween. Is that wrong?
