Senator Marco Rubio said in an interview that he didn’t believe scientists are right in stating that human activity is dramatically affecting climate change.
He is not the only member of this new flat earth denial society; membership is prevalent among Republicans, – even among those misplaced on congressional science committees.
Do these science challenged souls also deny math solutions to math problems they don’t understand? Did they object to the math teacher’s solutions in high school, – just because it was different from their own feeble attempt at working out a problem?
Do they deny the existence of foreign languages, too, because they don’t understand any of them?
Do they understand quantum physics? Probably not, just deny it all.
Do they deny the proven existence of million-year old fossils, because they’d rather believe the creationism hoax?
But impossible stories cooked up thousands of years ago? Not a doubt! Gobble it all up!
Many tend to believe the same as their “reference group”, the environment where they grew up and know well (they think) and that they trust. In addition: the quality of US elementary schools and high school seems to vary a lot. Some children and youngsters were taught by ignorant (and underpaid) teachers, who are weak on science and strong on free imagination. I think it would be helpful to fund better schools and better teachers. Bright youngsters who are about to choose a career among the multitude of options today
are not likely to prepare themselves for a teaching job (except perhaps women who have a rich husband who can provide for them).
Thanks, Per! A serious problem with the American educational system, is testing and exams with multiple choice. Students are given a set of optional answers from which to pick, instead of having to work out solutions from scratch, like in most European schools. Thus, they don’t really develop analytical ability and often only see solutions given by others, which tends to have an impact on life in general. Questions in general then boil down to “Which one do you prefer?”, instead of “What do you prefer?”
You are no doubt a democrat troll.
Certainly, the kind of support that Trump is proud of, someone who follows him blindly, without thinking, accepting a flat Earth as established science if Trump says so.
The question, though, who helped you write this? It can’t possibly be Trump himself, since spelling and grammar was OK.