Neil deGrasse Tyson: So which country is doing most science today?

[DeSwiss]

- You'll notice that the US started getting smaller on that map around the same time of the fascist's coup (energy-wallstreet-boosh) of the government.......

[tridim]

1. Have any of the Repub candidates been asked about Fed science and research funding?

It's kind of important.

Until I hear different I'll assume they're all for cutting federal funding.

[izquierdista]

2. I'll vouch for it

In the '80s and '90s, I published scientific papers. Now I am "retired", but still have many years to go before Social Security can kick in.

[progressoid]

3. USA! USA! USA!

[sulphurdunn]

4. Why would global capital

care where anything is produced, intellectually or otherwise, so long as it's done where the cost is the least?

[Speck Tater]

5. Is it a coincidence that when you look at a map of where ther most violence is...

... it's in the countries with the least science going on?

Yahoo published a list of the ten most violent cities in the world last week, and every one of them was in the science-deficient countries on Tyson's map.

I think that both of those statistics are really a measure of "civilization", and by that measure, the U.S. is becoming less and less civilized.

[daleanime]

6. Good insight.

[JDPriestly]

7. You should post your information as an independent post in a new thread.

Maybe with some statistics to back up your statement. I have no doubt that you are right.

[TruthBeTold65]

8. I knew this would happen as soon as the jeezoid GWB took office