There's wonderful reason I've been quieter here than usual... ScienceDebate2008 has hit the ground running to so much enthusiasm and excitement, Chris and I are incredibly busy keeping up with all the hullabaloo! And we're also having a lot of fun working to make this incredible idea into a reality... We've been following the blogosphere and media reports, and here's the latest from WIRED:
A Who's Who of America's top scientists are launching a quixotic last-minute effort this week to force presidential candidates to detail the role science would play in their administrations -- a question they say is key to the future of the country, if not the world. "Right now we have a confluence of issues facing candidates: embryonic stem cell research, global warming, science and technology education, biotechnology and energy policy -- it's just becoming an avalanche," says Lawrence Krauss, a physics professor at Case Western University, and author of the bestselling The Physics of Star Trek. "I think at some level, you have to get some insight into what the candidates know, or what they're willing to learn."
Exactly Lawrence. More here... How can you get involved? Enter your support online. Tell everyone you know. Join our Facebook group for updates. Use your voice, your pen, your ideas... and remember, as Jane Goodall tells us: 'Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.'
