Our Geology guide, Andrew Alden, brings the online petition ScienceDebate 2008 to our attention today. Spearheaded by congressmen Vern Ehlers, R-MI, and Rush Holt, D-NJ, ScienceDebate 2008 already has the support of numerous influential scientists and writers. The petition asks that there be a presidential debate on science and technology, one that is sorely needed.
Count me among the petitioners, and here's a few of the archaeology-based bloggers who have signed on as well.
Count me among the petitioners, and here's a few of the archaeology-based bloggers who have signed on as well.
- ScienceDebate 2008, add your voice or learn more about the initiative
- Candidates: It's time to talk about science, Andrew's blog on the subject
- Top Congressional Scientists Cross Party Lines To Lead Bipartisan ScienceDebate2008 Effort!, Sheril R. Kirshenbaum on the Intersection
- Presidential debate focused on science & technology, Abel Pharmboy on Terra Sigillata
- Presidential debates with an extra helping of science, Tara Smith on Aetiology
Comments
Krys… Thanks for coming by that other archeological dig known as the Mideast. How’s this for a 2008 wish: a year without assassinations. But that’s like wishing for a debate on science in a presidential election year. Virtually impossible when half the bunch are would-be Grand Inquisitors and the other half are fact-molesters.
Yesterday’s news about Benazir Bhutto and her supporters was dreadful. If there’s anything archaeology teaches us its that — we don’t learn anything from the past.