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National Geographic: "The War on Science" - Island Chris - 03-06-2015
The March National Geographic has a cover story "The War on Science"
The link is to some of the text and a reproduction of an actual 19th century map title "the square and stationary earth"
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/science-doubters/achenbach-text
One of the points in the article is that having more education does not make any difference in what you believe.
I don't think any of this is harmless: I see it as slippery slope to witch burning, Nazis, ISIS. Although I have not thought this out in any detail.
Chris
RE: National Geographic: "The War on Science" - Skywise - 03-07-2015
(03-06-2015, 12:41 PM)Island Chris Wrote: The March National Geographic has a cover story "The War on Science"
I'm glad you posted this. I was hemming and hawing over doing so myself.
It's also the cover article to the March issue. I've been a subscriber to NatGeo for over 35 years.
Anyway, this reminds me I need to finish up my letter to the editor regarding this article. I have few points to add.
Brian