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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (493839)	7/9/2009 5:58:35 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572397

>But 9/11 is a "pimple on our ass," AMIRITE? It's a pimple that got infected. -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (493839)	7/9/2009 11:42:50 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572397

Survey Shows Gap Between Scientists and the Public By CORNELIA DEAN nytimes.com ( Your peeps- )Almost a third of ordinary Americans say human beings have existed in their current form since the beginning of time, a view held by only 2 percent of the scientists. When it comes to climate change, the teaching of evolution and the state of the nation’s research enterprise, there is a large gap between what scientists think and the views of ordinary Americans, a new survey has found. On the whole, scientists believe American research leads the world. But only 17 percent of the public agrees, and the proportion who name scientific advances as among the United States’ most important achievements has fallen to 27 percent from nearly 50 percent in 1999, the survey found. And while almost all of the scientists surveyed accept that human beings evolved by natural processes and that human activity, chiefly the burning of fossil fuels, is causing global warming, general public is far less sure. Almost a third of ordinary Americans say human beings have existed in their current form since the beginning of time, a view held by only 2 percent of the scientists. Only about half of the public agrees that people are behind climate change, and 11 percent does not believe there is any warming at all. According to the survey, about a third of Americans think there is lively scientific debate on both topics; in fact, there is no credible scientific challenge to the theory of evolution and there is little doubt that human activity is altering the chemistry of the atmosphere in ways that threaten global climate. The survey, by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest scientific organization, involved about 2,000 members of the public and 2,500 scientists drawn from the rolls of the science advancement association, which includes teachers, administrators and others involved in science as well as researchers. The survey, made public Thursday, is available at people-press.org. It found that at least two-thirds of Americans hold scientists and engineers in high regard, but the feeling is hardly mutual. The report said 85 percent of science association members surveyed said public ignorance of science was a major problem. And by large margins they deride as only “fair” or “poor” the coverage of science by newspapers and television. Only 3 percent of the scientists said they “often” spoke to reporters. In a telephone news conference announcing the survey, Alan I. Leshner, chief executive of the science association, said scientists must find new ways to engage with the public. “One cannot just exhort ‘we all agree you should agree with us,’ ” Mr. Leshner said. “It’s a much more interactive process that’s involved. It’s time consuming and can be tedious. But it’s very important.” Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (493839)	7/10/2009 12:17:09 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572397

Why inflation will not be a problem for some time. Japan wholesale prices fall 6.6 percent in June (AP:TOKYO) Japan's central bank said Friday that wholesale prices fell 6.6 percent in June from a year earlier, the biggest fall on record and the latest sign that deflation is returning to the country. The Bank of Japan's corporate good price index, which tracks the cost of a wide range of products sold domestically, declined for the sixth straight month. On a monthly basis, prices slipped 0.3 percent from May. The yearly fall was the largest since the central bank began keeping comparable data in 1960. Deflation can hurt economic growth because it cuts into company profits as prices fall. It can also lead consumers to put off purchases on the expectation that prices will fall further, and increase debt burdens. Last month, another key indicator also showed prices were falling in Japan. The government said the country's key consumer price index fell at a record pace in May, the third straight month of decline. Friday's data from the central bank showed that import prices fell 32.2 percent on a yen basis, while exports were down 12.8 percent.