{"id":2130,"date":"2014-05-15T11:09:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T15:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2130"},"modified":"2014-06-22T17:03:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T21:03:32","slug":"america-cant-afford-to-ignore-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2130","title":{"rendered":"America Can’t Afford to Ignore Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Op-Ed<\/a> appeared in the politcal web site\u00c2\u00a0“Roll Call”<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0a couple of days ago,\u00c2\u00a0which I thought was worth a read. \u00c2\u00a0Michael S Lubell is a professor of physics at the City University of New York and the director of public affairs of the American Physical Society. The article revolves around the point that Americans love and embrace science until it’s outcomes challenge their deeply held religious beliefs, then that love can quickly turn to rejection.<\/p>\n

Hat tip to Paul Cottle on this.<\/p>\n

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This Op-Ed appeared in the politcal web site\u00c2\u00a0“Roll Call”\u00c2\u00a0a couple of days ago,\u00c2\u00a0which I thought was worth a read. \u00c2\u00a0Michael S Lubell is a professor of physics at the City University of New York and the director of public affairs … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-ym","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=15","url_meta":{"origin":2130,"position":0},"title":"I LOVE Science","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"August 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Congratulations to Santa Rosa and Escambia counties for launching a school initiative called I LOVE Science. 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