So many political issues have come up recently that are science based, it is honestly hard to keep track of them all. So to help further confound the masses and especially the politicians many people are joining together, myself included to sign the petition for a Scientific Debate among the presidential candidates. And while I know that this debate will probably never occur, mainly because the leading Republican candidate doesn’t believe in evolution, I am hoping one day people will see the importance of such a debate and give it its rightful due.
Science is becoming more and more a game of played by political pundits, they seem to have the answers with no real background research or questioning. Often times this turns science into a terrible black and white game of rigidity that never bodes well for scientific questions. Many of these rigid decisions interfere and manipulate science in horrible ways, and as our country begins to ramp down its scientific methods many other countries have begun to ramp up their interest in science. Many other countries have thus continued to move upwards in the scientific world while for the past 8 years our country has been progressively un-progressive. Therefore I believe that a science debate is something that not only should be held this year, but probably should be held every presidential election so that we can find out who plans on giving more money to research, how candidates plan on stopping global warming, what will be done to remove our dependency on natural resources, why the hell can’t we utilize embryonic stem cells, and even why creationism needs to be taught alongside evolution. I know we that nobody is going to agree on everything, however I sure would like to know where my leaders stand before I step into that ballot box.
And as for my opinion, I believe in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and am all for teaching it right along side creationism. Just as long as they make sure to explain how global warming is directly effected by the shrinking number of pirates.
