The Science Gap Widens!

While both sides are enmeshed in Darwin vs. Intelligent Design,
the Science Gap Gets Worse...

Les Aaron


It should be no surprise to anyone watching that we are in danger of
losing out in science…

But what is of even greater concern is that everyone is tip-toeing around the issue!

Imagine these facts:

Point 1; More than 600,000 engineers graduating from Chinese universities…

More than 350,000 engineers from Indian universities…

Only 70,000 from American universities….

And the truth is even worse because most of those graduates from American universities are transfer students and made up of mostly Chinese and Indian students who will return home first chance they get…

Point 2: On general knowledge testing at the world level, American twelfth graders placed 21st in general knowledge of math and science!

Point 3: Of the 120 giant chemical plants being built in the world, only one is in the US; 500 are in China…

If these three facts don’t alarm you, go into the bathroom and take your pulse.

Keep in mind that our future is tied to science.

And this government fails to recognize that.

This condition was brought to light by a panel convened by the National Academies, the nation’s leading scientific advisory group.

Their admonition: Decisive action is need now!

According to the chair of the panel, “America must act now to protect its strategic and economic security!” These are strong words from R. Norman Augustine, the retired chairman of Lookheed Martin.

They went on to warn that America is in serious danger of losing its coveted leadership position in science and technology. And that other nations are coming on fast while we seem to be backsliding, a dangerous precedent. .

This is no minor point. Our economic security, our futures are dependent on science and technology.

To remedy the situation, the panel is calling for a massive program to bolster educational grants and scholarships amounting to more than 10 billion dollars. It was also recommended that tax credits for investments in science and technology be continued past the expiration dates and increased to meet the demands of our society. .

The conference was convened by Lamar Alexander, republican of Tennessee and Jeff Bingaman, democrat of New Mexico who both praised the findings….

A web site dedicated to the report may be found on http://www.nationalacademies.org/

Les Aaron
The Hubmaster