Can the Candidates Debate Scientific Issues?
The call for the 2008 presidential candidates to reveal their stances on science education is gaining momentum. Fig Leaves chimed in with a succinct plea for ScienceDebate2008, a Center for Inquiry-supported movement heralded by hundreds of educational organizations, university presidents, Nobel and Crafoord laureates, government leaders, academic scientists, business leaders, editors, and writers. From the Free Inquiry Group’s newsletter: The U.S. blocks climate agreement in Bali; American children trail the industrialized world in math; stem cell researchers are preoccupied with getting around the embryonic stem cell ban; the green revolution is diverted to feed SUVs instead of people; creationists are conspiring to get God back in the classroom; and our space program is reduced to pointless media speculators. Instead of candidates debating who loves Jesus the most, Lawrence Krauss and Chris Mooney propose that science be the subject of a debate. An impressive list of science leaders
Related Questions
- The presidential candidates are swarming Ohio, so why not have a debate? The gang will all be in Cleveland tomorrow -- the gang of Bob Barr, Ralph Nader and Chuck Baldwin, that is.
- Did the Democratic Presidential debate change anyones opinion on any of the candidates?"
- Why (and How) Do Presidential Candidates Debate?
