13th August 2005, 9:46 AM
Yeah look what happened with... well Japan's doing pretty good lately... They are certainly first in line to replace us as the technological and scientific leaders of the world, considering current political trends regarding those... I really think all politicians should be required to have at least a basic understanding of the scientific method.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)