Comments on: Science-less in Seattle http://scienceprogress.org/2009/05/science-less-in-seattle/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: john http://scienceprogress.org/2009/05/science-less-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-5441 john Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:20:49 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/?p=3092#comment-5441 this info rocks!!!!1 this info rocks!!!!1

]]> By: Terrence Gabriel http://scienceprogress.org/2009/05/science-less-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-5307 Terrence Gabriel Sun, 24 May 2009 21:46:08 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/?p=3092#comment-5307 It is shameful Seattle is living through this kind of situation. Shameful too that the rest of the country is ambling along with them. What made America a decent republic is gone and no hand wringing will bring it back. Science? Every single person I know here in Raleigh, North Carolina ultimately believes the only science they need to know they can get from their Holy Bibles. I am glad I am 63 years old and do not have many years left to see the world descend into another dark age of religious refusal. I grieve for my young acquaintances who, even though they claim to be happy about the direction they are going, will have to live with the deeds they have wrought. Very gloomy reinforcement to much that is already apparent. It is shameful Seattle is living through this kind of situation. Shameful too that the rest of the country is ambling along with them. What made America a decent republic is gone and no hand wringing will bring it back.

Science? Every single person I know here in Raleigh, North Carolina ultimately believes the only science they need to know they can get from their Holy Bibles.

I am glad I am 63 years old and do not have many years left to see the world descend into another dark age of religious refusal.

I grieve for my young acquaintances who, even though they claim to be happy about the direction they are going, will have to live with the deeds they have wrought.

Very gloomy reinforcement to much that is already apparent.

]]> By: Barbara J. Hilton http://scienceprogress.org/2009/05/science-less-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-5294 Barbara J. Hilton Fri, 22 May 2009 19:21:19 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/?p=3092#comment-5294 Its sad and disheartening to read that the Seattle media has no real cutting edge stuff. Is the UW filling that gap? There must be some venue - I see Bill Nye the Science Guy fled to California sometime back though I did see something of his recently. I don't mean to infer that he is cutting edge but symptomatic of the mediocrity of the current environment. I don't consider myself to be particularly literate scientifically but I do like to keep up on what is going on - WHY don't we have this cutting edge stuff? The Seattle Times is apparently not up to it - is that an editorial position on their part? Maybe the Weekly could handle it. I do feel that people are so overextended timewise and maxed out. Are we becoming second rate - kind of looks that way. Its sad and disheartening to read that the Seattle media has no real cutting edge stuff. Is the UW filling that gap? There must be some venue – I see Bill Nye the Science Guy fled to California sometime back though I did see something of his recently. I don’t mean to infer that he is cutting edge but symptomatic of the mediocrity of the current environment. I don’t consider myself to be particularly literate scientifically but I do like to keep up on what is going on – WHY don’t we have this cutting edge stuff? The Seattle Times is apparently not up to it – is that an editorial position on their part? Maybe the Weekly could handle it. I do feel that people are so overextended timewise and maxed out. Are we becoming second rate – kind of looks that way.

]]> By: K http://scienceprogress.org/2009/05/science-less-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-5292 K Fri, 22 May 2009 14:07:13 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/?p=3092#comment-5292 Very interesting article... It seems that journalism always has to straddle the line between presenting news while making headlines ‘sexy’ enough to sell. But it’s truly unfortunate when real science and investigative journalism falls to the wayside. Very interesting article…
It seems that journalism always has to straddle the line between presenting news while making headlines ‘sexy’ enough to sell. But it’s truly unfortunate when real science and investigative journalism falls to the wayside.

]]> By: Len Phillips http://scienceprogress.org/2009/05/science-less-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-5276 Len Phillips Wed, 20 May 2009 20:52:07 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/?p=3092#comment-5276 So, the disenfranchisement of science is news to Center for American Progress? Certainly it isn't to ex-science writers and editors, myself included. As a culture, we've gone back centuries already, with astrology columns a factor in newspaper sales and breathless, one-paragraph sound bites illustrated with file footage substituting for real journalism in broadcast news. Mr. Paulson knows how lucky he is to be getting freelance assignments--they are few and far between, and they don't include benefits! The rest of us will go over to the Dark Side--marketing, SEO and if we're lucky hold onto a job until we can retire. Science writing in America today--R.I.P. So, the disenfranchisement of science is news to Center for American Progress? Certainly it isn’t to ex-science writers and editors, myself included. As a culture, we’ve gone back centuries already, with astrology columns a factor in newspaper sales and breathless, one-paragraph sound bites illustrated with file footage substituting for real journalism in broadcast news. Mr. Paulson knows how lucky he is to be getting freelance assignments–they are few and far between, and they don’t include benefits! The rest of us will go over to the Dark Side–marketing, SEO and if we’re lucky hold onto a job until we can retire. Science writing in America today–R.I.P.

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