By Neece
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Perhaps you might enjoy this 1/2 hour podcast: Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Chris Mooney, author of the book Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future
. Some things I found interesting in the podcast were their discussions about how to determine what is a good baseline for science literacy in a rapidly-changing science environment (ie. stem cell research didn’t even exist when many of us were in school), where do you go to get good science info, why is science literacy important in politics and citizenship and policy, how has the science community dropped the ball in public science literacy.
Link to Podcast (you can stream or download the episode)
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By Neece
This wasteful and egregious threat to the First Amendment has popped up in several places recently. Over at Heaving Dead Cats, there is a good post explaining what Congressman Dan Lungren is proposing in a resolution, along with links for the full text of the bill and a history of the slogan in question, among others.
This also came to my attention through the West Virginia Atheists group, which copied a press release from American Atheists. Apparently, according to American Atheists, A House committee has already approved the religious slogans!
Govtrack has the status of the resolution, along with lots of information as well.
Back at Heaving Dead Cats, there is a link to Take Action Now that you can follow, which is from the Secular Coalition for America. There you can edit and send a letter to your Representatives telling them to vote…
By Neece
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