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decho, when the floor disappears

when the floor disappears
everything moves so fast there's nothing left for sadness
by which i mean no time, no space, no space-time; a furious
pace quickens the heart and cosmos. try as we might, we can't
echo the boy or even find him in maelstroms. a robin might skip
across an arctic path, but we're not there. once we heard rabbits,
mating, all sorts of sounds and strange midnight-ritual, one
jumping over the other, jumping over the one. i'd never seen this
dance before, but there it was. the wonder overcomes us, we are
the smallest of the world, and when the floor disappears, when
the floor disappears, we're not even breathing.

http://www.alansondheim.org/decho.mp4
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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:53:28 -0400
From: Michael Gurstein <gurstein@gmail.com>
Reply-To: stuff-it@vancouvercommunity.net
To: stuff-it@vancouvercommunity.net, Ottawadissenters@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [stuff-it] FW: Only 33 per cent of Americans believe in evolution



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From: Sid Shniad [mailto:shniad@sfu.ca]
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 2:01 PM
Subject: Only 33 per cent of Americans believe in evolution

http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Science+beliefs+faltering/1776905/stor
y.html



The Province July 10, 2009



Science beliefs faltering



Only 33 per cent of Americans believe in evolution



Americans still value the nation's scientific achievements, but unlike most
scientists, they often pick and choose which scientific findings they agree
with, especially in the areas of climate change and evolution, according to
a survey released yesterday.



The survey found nine in 10 scientists accept the idea of evolution by
natural selection, but just a third of the public does. And while 84 per
cent of scientists say the Earth is getting warmer because of human
activity, less than half of the public agrees with that.



"The public and the scientists have very different views on many different
issues, including the science of evolution and climate change," said Scott
Keeter of the Pew Research Center. The centre conducted the wide-ranging
telephone survey in collaboration with the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.



The research included responses from 2,533 scientists in the AAAS, and 2,001
public respondents.



It found most Americans value the nation's scientific achievements, but not
as much as they did a decade ago.



Although 27 per cent of Americans said scientific advances are the nation's
greatest achievement, that was down from 47 per cent in the group's May 1999
survey.



The administration of Barack Obama has promised that science will lead
health-care and climate-change policy, and has pledged to seek a cure for
cancer, now the No. 2 killer of Americans.



According to the survey, most scientists and the public agree it is
appropriate for scientists to take part in political debate over issues such
as stem-cell research.



And even Americans who disagree with scientific conclusions think highly of
scientists. More than two-thirds of those who say science conflicts with
their religious beliefs still say scientists contribute significantly to
society.

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0pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Science
beliefs faltering</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size:
12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm
0pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Only 33 per cent of
Americans
believe in evolution</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm
0pt;"><span style="">Americans still
value the nation's scientific achievements, but unlike most scientists, they

often pick and choose which scientific findings they agree with, especially
in
the areas of climate change and evolution, according to a survey released
yesterday.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm
0pt;"><span style="">The survey found
nine in 10 scientists accept the idea of evolution by natural selection, but

just a third of the public does. And while 84 per cent of scientists say the

Earth is getting warmer because of human activity, less than half of the
public
agrees with that.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm
0pt;"><span style="">"The public and the
scientists have very different views on many different issues, including the

science of evolution and climate change," said Scott Keeter of the
Pew
Research Center. The centre conducted the
wide-ranging telephone survey in collaboration with the American Association
for
the Advancement of Science.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm
0pt;"><span style="">The research
included responses from 2,533 scientists in the AAAS, and 2,001 public
respondents.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm
0pt;"><span style="">It found most
Americans value the nation's scientific achievements, but not as much as
they
did a decade ago.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm
0pt;"><span style="">Although 27 per
cent of Americans said scientific advances are the nation's greatest
achievement, that was down from 47 per cent in the group's May 1999
survey.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm
0pt;"><span style="">The administration
of Barack Obama has promised that science will lead health-care and
climate-change policy, and has pledged to seek a cure for cancer, now the
No. 2
killer of Americans.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm
0pt;"><span style="">According to the
survey, most scientists and the public agree it is appropriate for
scientists to
take part in political debate over issues such as stem-cell
research.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span
style="">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm
0pt;"><span style="">And even Americans
who disagree with scientific conclusions think highly of scientists. More
than
two-thirds of those who say science conflicts with their religious beliefs
still
say scientists contribute significantly to
society.</span></p></font></div></div>
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