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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:44 PM Original message |
Only Six Percent Of Scientists Are Republicans: Pew Poll |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. What does any scientific field hold for a greedy misanthrope? |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. the few Republican scientists I know of are all fundies |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:25 AM Response to Reply #38 |
52. In that case, they are not scientists, only trying to pass for scientists. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
96. I know one biologist who doesn't believe in evolution |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
86. Those 6 percent are the statisticians |
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pbrower2a (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
98. Science isn't for greedy narcissists. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. They should measure IQ in the general public next. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Except that in my Mensa cohort, there are a disappointing number of Republicans. 1 is too many. |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. The Mensa IQ test must be biased... N/T |
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wallwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
78. If you think that logic puzzles and 9th grade math... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. That's because Mensa attracts people that are self-centered assholes. |
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eirteacher (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 02:31 AM Response to Reply #35 |
45. I qualified for MENSA |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #45 |
67. I'm secure enough in my intellect |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #35 |
53. I love irony. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Brags |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #53 |
69. I wasn't bragging about anything. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
81. you just don't understand |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
88. LOL! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. We have a similar problem among veterinarians. I hear that we are |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #36 |
72. they like to date their patients. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. real scientist know "IQ" tests don't measure IQ |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #39 |
54. Results of IQ tests and actual intelligence are not necessarily the same. |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #39 |
62. I know a guy with a doctorate who works in the IQ testing field, and agrees: |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #62 |
71. Actually, IQ tests suck at the low intelligence end, to. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #39 |
70. Given the history of intelligence testing I'll bet most IQ buffs are racist, sexist reactionaries. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. AND... only 6 percent of republicans are scientists. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. And I'm surprised it's that much. |
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nradisic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ouch! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. And, the rest are rancid |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. A conservative Scientist...hmm... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. That's why The Vistors will round them all up in their spaceships. n/t |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Flat Earth society doesn't require a degree! |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'd also bet that the Conservatives in science are fiscal conservatives and not the fundie types. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
55. I think the fundie types may well go into science to attempt to support things like |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
76. That too, yeah |
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MaineYooper (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Sounds high to me |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, the righties need "scientists"... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. but they don't believe in Facts.. not approved by the party platform |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. yeah something like that |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. I wonder if this was a little different in the past |
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pbrower2a (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
60. Authoritarianism and Science |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. How often have we said it? |
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harry_pothead (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm pretty sure that's related to creationism and the religious right. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. the 6% were Christian Science practitioners who misunderstood the question. |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. Proof positive that educated people are Democrats. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. exactly they don't call it a Liberal Arts degree for nothing.... |
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Salviati (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Though I'm sure it depends a bit on what type of education one seeks out... |
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pitchforksandtorches (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. As a scientist I am strongly in favour of |
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Third Doctor (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. real science |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. FReepers worship that great scientist, Rush, with a whole 3 WEEKS of college behind him. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. Completely makes sense |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. In 2004 I tried to appeal to my brother, as a scientist, to turn from Bush |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. Since the republicans under W declared war on science, |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. 6 percent is all they need to unleash social chaos |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
30. News Flash. 94% of Scientests believe in Science |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
31. We see this as saying Liberals are Smart |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
32. Knowledge is power! ...But really, 6% seems kinda low to me |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
33. And only 6% of "not real scientists, but play one on TV" are Republicans too. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
34. Reality has a Liberal bias! |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
37. Scientists are swayed by facts and evidence, not |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
41. But we're still a conservative nation!!1! |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
42. Yet another story thats falls into the "Well Duh!" category |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
43. cause they haven't "evolved" |
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farmboxer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
44. Damned Plutocracy! |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
46. "6% sounds kinda high to me." no shit! n/t |
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optimal-tomato (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
47. Conservatives are right! Science education makes you liberal! |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
48. Lysenkoism, even Republican Lysenkoism, isn't viewed with much respect by most scientists.. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
49. 99% of Nazis are republicans... |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
50. Hard to understand any real scientist being a republican. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
65. living in rural areas of the South. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #65 |
91. Actually New Mexico has a Dem Governor |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
51. Wildlife biologists have no reason to vote Republican |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
56. More and more, I am coming to think that differences in the way the minds of Republicans work and |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #56 |
92. You're right...Check it out |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
57. That's a strong rebuttal of Republican principles but a lukewarm endorsement of the Democratic Party |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
59. I have a Neighbor, PhD Physicist from Dartmouth, Nanotech Specialist |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
61. HEY! We are dealing with Fact Based People Here!!!! |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
63. If it weren't for petroleum geologists, that figure would be even lower, I'm guessing. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #63 |
77. Good point! |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
64. Believing Adam and Eve frolicked with the dinosaurs doesn't bode well for a future scientist. |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
83. Reminds me of the dumbest thing my aunt ever said |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
89. Believing in Adam and Eve doesn't bode well either! |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
66. David Whorowitz will go ballistic... |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. LOL |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
73. Science has a well known Liberal Bias... |
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steven johnson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
74. Colbert: Reality has a well known liberal bias |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
75. How do they define scientist |
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nsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #75 |
95. They surveyed members of the AAAS. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
79. oo, do they have numbers for other fields: I'd love to see how historians of science break down |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
80. I've heard that 9 out of 10 college professors vote Democrat. |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
82. I'm reminded of the phrase... |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
84. Republican Scientists I've met |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
85. Republicans prefer "gut feelings" to scientific fact. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
87. I'm surprised it's that high, considering republicans don't like things like "facts" and "evidence". |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
90. Somehow they lumped in "creation science" |
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ivanincali (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
93. Republicans are too stupid to be scientists. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
94. This means repubs |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
97. That many? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
99. not surprised at these stats |
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