On 13-3-2015 22:58, Doctor John wrote:
> On 12/03/15 08:51, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>
http://www.nature.com/news/help-to-fight-the-battle-for-earth-in-us-schools-1.17084?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20150312
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>> Not only in the US...
>
> Indeed. Unfortunately, liberal arts graduates seem to vastly outnumber
> hard science graduates among the politicians of many nations.
>
> John
>
True. Somehow, scientists are ill prepared for politics although there 
are exceptions.

What I find really worrying is the dwindling interest for scientific 
matters in school curriculae. It starts here with an appalling lack of 
arithmetic knowledge in elementary school teachers.

-- 
Thomas

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