Republican Scientists a Distinct Minority

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

All I know is, you want to get to say the moon on faith and theories, good luck, you wanna get there in one piece, talk to some hardbitten plaintalking engineer somewhere who deals with concrete things. Party has nothing to do with that...

I read the actual article at Slate. It's pretty good. I'd like to see though, what kind of scientists were polled.

Pete

And the President that inspired us all to show the world what great things Americans are capable of and send a man to the moon was a...............Tight-wad Republican who poo-poos science?

Naw. It was JFK. A Democrat. What is that place in Houston called? The Nixon Space Center? Naw, that would be the "Johnson Space Center". Hmmmmmm...........

Dave

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I read the actual article at Slate. It's pretty good. I'd like to see though, what kind of scientists were polled.

Pete

well there are no "kinds" of scientists like Sarah

[piece-itpete]

JFK would be to the right of McCain.

Pete

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

All I know is, you want to get to say the moon on faith and theories, good luck, you wanna get there in one piece, talk to some hardbitten plaintalking engineer somewhere who deals with concrete things. Party has nothing to do with that...

I read the actual article at Slate. It's pretty good. I'd like to see though, what kind of scientists were polled.

Pete

Wouldn't concrete be pretty heavy to take to the moon?

Regards,

D-Ray

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

JFK would be to the right of McCain.

Pete

Pete we need to get you some gloves marked Left and Right, your thumbs would ensure they go on the correct hands.

[piece-itpete]

Lol! You guys are on fire!

Pete

[Charles]

Apparently this is the survey on which this thread is based.

http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1549

It's quite involved, draw your own conclusions.

Chas

[finnbow]

Maybe we should combine a couple of these recent studies and see how many scientists watch Fox News.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by Charles

Apparently this is the survey on which this thread is based.

http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1549

It's quite involved, draw your own conclusions.

Chas

The fifth chart down reveals what would have been my guess about why scientists are less likely to agree with the GOP. It shows that a vast majority of scientists believe that corporations do not properly balance maximizing profit and serving the public interest. I would have expected scientists to be less interested in making great sums of money than industrialists.

Regards,

D-Ray

[Charles]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Maybe we should combine a couple of these recent studies and see how many scientists watch Fox News.

Compared with how many watch MSNBC?

Chas