The folks at RealClimate have posted a Review of:
Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future by Chris Mooney & Sheril Kirshenbaum (2009)
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/07/unscientific-america-a-review/
The book apparently examines the problem of science literacy and also the so-called "two cultures" problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Cultures
Science literacy is important in many ways. One way that we seldom think of is in regard to the citizen's role in governance. We should not forget, that the famous founders of this country were either "natural philosophers" (scientists), or at least "citizen scientists". The entire Enlightenment concept of governance of a republic is directly tied to the use of science in decision making, and rationale/reason based decision making....
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