Day: March 27, 2009
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scientific illiteracy
I’ve had this post sitting around for a while as a draft and finally have a few minutes to develop it into a full post. So, here goes… Periodically you hear about how scientifically illiterate Americans are. A recent Harris Poll found the following: Only 53% of adults know how long it takes for the…
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intriguing news items
I haven’t posted news articles in a while, but these two struck me as noteworthy. First, turns out the regulations of European countries during good economic times seem to have sheltered them from the current economic storm. Huh… I’m sure the greedy capitalist assholes who got us into this mess aren’t very happy about this…