Comments on: Science Debate 2008 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/2008/04/08/science-debate-2008/ A synthesis of ideas about open science and social technology. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:57:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mr. Gunn http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/2008/04/08/science-debate-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-7845 Mr. Gunn Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:06:36 +0000 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/?p=184#comment-7845 <blockquote>Can US high school dropouts be geeky enough to launch web apps?</blockquote> There's probably going to be less that do, surely, but [troll]let's not confuse "launching a web app" with doing actual science.[/troll]

Can US high school dropouts be geeky enough to launch web apps?

There’s probably going to be less that do, surely, but [troll]let’s not confuse “launching a web app” with doing actual science.[/troll]

]]> By: attila csordas http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/2008/04/08/science-debate-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-7643 attila csordas Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:40:11 +0000 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/?p=184#comment-7643 What about the science education component? Can US high school dropouts be geeky enough to launch web apps?I doubt it http://tinyurl.com/6mrg8h Many big city graduation rates below 50% What about the science education component? Can US high school dropouts be geeky enough to launch web apps?I doubt it http://tinyurl.com/6mrg8h Many big city graduation rates below 50%

]]> By: Mr. Gunn http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/2008/04/08/science-debate-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-7642 Mr. Gunn Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:38:52 +0000 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/?p=184#comment-7642 The intersection of morals and science is in legislation. I don't care what anyone believes, until they attempt to get legislation enacted on the basis of that belief. Decisions that affect a heterogeneous population of believers should be based on a consensus reality shared by everyone, and finding out what that is is as good a definition of science as any, isn't it? The intersection of morals and science is in legislation. I don’t care what anyone believes, until they attempt to get legislation enacted on the basis of that belief. Decisions that affect a heterogeneous population of believers should be based on a consensus reality shared by everyone, and finding out what that is is as good a definition of science as any, isn’t it?

]]> By: Sameer Yousuf http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/2008/04/08/science-debate-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-7583 Sameer Yousuf Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:02:18 +0000 http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/?p=184#comment-7583 As Sally Steenland explained at Science Progress, "More and more, it is impossible to talk in any meaningful way about urgent moral issues without acknowledging their scientific components—just as it is difficult to talk about science issues without including their moral aspects." http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/04/science-and-faith-should-not-collide-in-pennsylvania/ As Sally Steenland explained at Science Progress, “More and more, it is impossible to talk in any meaningful way about urgent moral issues without acknowledging their scientific components—just as it is difficult to talk about science issues without including their moral aspects.”

http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/04/science-and-faith-should-not-collide-in-pennsylvania/

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