Re: [APML] A sad Time best picture

["Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>]

You got that right.  Most people are totally ignorant on a lot of subjects,
science included.
People don't even know who George Washington or Abraham Lincoln were or what
happened in 1776, let alone a galaxy or plate tectonics.  Don't you just
love our educational system in this country.... not!!!

Chris


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Chris Cook
Astronomical Photography
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-----Original Message-----
From: Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>
To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
Date: Saturday, January 04, 2003 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] A sad Time best picture


>At 15:11 04-01-03 -0500, Jerry Lodriguss wrote:
>>Hi Mike,
>>
>>I heard about this.
>>
>>It's just more proof of the decline and fall of western civilization as
precipitated by the unbridled greed of the corporations who in their
commitment solely to the bottom line hire inexperienced and uneducated
editors because they can pay them bottom dollar.
>>
>>Jerry
>
>I agree completely. A surprising number of "educated people" don't
understand that the Earth rotates, or why seasons occur, or even what a
galaxy is in the most basic sense. Most people also don't known that the
continents move slowly, or what viruses are, or what PH is, or how an
aerofoil works, or what's the difference between DC and AC current, or what
a watt is...
>--
>Matt BenDaniel
>matt@starmatt.com
>http://starmatt.com
>
>
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