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sb admin | January 23, 2009Let us hope that this "demise of anti-intellectualism" and "scientific renaissance" doesn't bring the same results as were seen the last time those terms were bandied about. The French and Russian revolutions left an awful lot of "scientifically" executed citizens behind.
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sb admin | January 23, 2009Science: The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena; Knowledge, especially that gained through experience.
And these are the essence of the talents so sorely needed in our world; culturally, philosophically and economically. It is not the argument of stem cells or any particular research, but rather the innate curiosity that compels learning and thoughtfulness beyond the limits of the ordinary and mundane routine. It is this gift that has been lost by stifling Science; it is a gift of more richness than imaginable and a…
sb admin | January 23, 2009I think that science should play as big, or bigger, of a role in the Obama administration as religion did in the Bush administration except that it should be used to inspire action and inform decisions rather than to insight violence and instill fear.
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sb admin | January 23, 2009The rightful place of science is in guiding decisions that involve how we live on the planet. The spirit of open inquiry should guide us, rather than preconceived notions about how things ought to be, based on narrow beliefs. All of these anti-evolution people who say that "evolution is just a theory" should remember that there is no mathematical certainty about religion either. If there were, there would be no need for faith, and then, there are religions that don't need faith.
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crowdfavorite | January 22, 2009Make no little plans; they have no power to stir men's blood.
---Daniel Burnham
The last eight years have seen subtle and not-so subtle predations on the practice of medicine. Will the new administration be able to promote the kind of change we need? Let's review some of the challenges facing the Obama administration.
Ethical apocalypse
Bush's evisceration of the Constitution of the United States has affected health care professionals. For example, the military has likely always used psychologists to assist with interrogations, but the last eight years has seen a huge increase in the…