tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post4956505368283255501..comments2023-06-30T07:20:59.834-05:00Comments on Beyond Me: Political...ScientistsJaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208662198827344349noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-88064396004477286352008-06-23T12:25:00.000-05:002008-06-23T12:25:00.000-05:00I definitely agree with your overall point but wou...I definitely agree with your overall point but would exchange Michael Jordon or Tom Cruise's name for John Adams'. Historical political figures are certainly more known/celebrated than scientists, but people would be ridiculed far more for not knowing the winner of the last Superbowl or American Idol more than they would not knowing the Senator or the Secretary of State...<BR/><BR/>You mentionedJaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208662198827344349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-53634450120953202122008-06-20T15:59:00.000-05:002008-06-20T15:59:00.000-05:00Our politicans don't know a thing about science be...Our politicans don't know a thing about science because ignorance of science/mathematics is not a taboo in our culture. If you don't know how to read, you're an imbecile, but if you don't know how to add, you're just "not a math person." If you don't know who John Adams was, you're an ignoramus, but if you don't know who Carolus Linnaeus was, then you're in fine company.<BR/><BR/>Our society Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397974121751822684noreply@blogger.com