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I believe the Sci-Am podcast and Science Friday have both had topics on science and the election in recent months.
Even this issue can be distorted, since politicians may be science literate, they definitely are not scientists and therefore sometimes say some strange things.
I guess that's why we need to look at the role they plan to have for their science advisers.
Which I think has been on a downward trend almost since Eisenhower,
Posted by: Charlie Bess | January 27, 2008 at 09:44 AM