No, We Don’t All Have a Basic Grasp of Science, But the Problem Lies Even Deeper
Actually, I never assumed that everyone, or even most people, had a basic grasp of science.
What has shocked me is how many people openly reject entire scientific disciplines that fly in the teeth of their political or religious beliefs.
When I was young, nuttiness like this was confined to minute and roundly discredited bits of society. Christian Scientists, for example, refuse medical treatment for disease, on the basis that their faith in Christ will heal them. Again, that was, and continues to be, a negligible part of our total population.
The problem is that now we have tens of millions of anti-vaxxers and climate deniers. We have the believers in the stolen election, and those who hold that education represents an overall harm to our children. And let’s not count out those who believe the stories in the bible are literally true, and that the Earth is 6000 years old, despite all the evidence that we’ve gathered from molecular biology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, etc.
I’m not asking that everyone read up on chemistry, physics, and biology, but it sure would be a blessing if the scientifically illiterate could somehow be prevented from ruining our civilization.
As much as I appreciate the sentiments that president hopeful Asa Hutchinson is expressing here, I would respond: If you truly care about rule of law, you need to understand that the 5th Amendment and its presumption of innocence makes it unlawful for you to deprive a person without due process.
From the late poet and writer Eve Merriam: I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, “Mother, what was war?”
As time passes and temperature records continue to be broken, we will see fewer and fewer people speaking like the frog in this cartoon.
If workers can be replaced with AI, or a variety of other technologies, what’s the incentive for CEOs and their corporations’ investors to keep labor alive? In this less than one-minute video, 
One of the great mysteries of American politics is why the people who are in the greatest need of good jobs, quality education, and free healthcare vote for people who ensure that their constituents will continue to live miserable lives.
If there is anything we’ve learned from watching Trump in action over the eight years since he came on the American political scene, it’s that he always accuses his enemies of the precise set of crimes of which he himself is guilty.
I guess there are people who are impressed with Bill Barr’s integrity, now that he’s starting to tell the truth about Trump.
Kudos to cartoonist “Emmerson” whose work appears below.
Here’s a company that 
