In response to Marco Rubio's creationist-pandering comments yesterday …
"I’m not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you what the Bible says, but I think that’s a dispute amongst theologians and I think it has nothing to do with the gross domestic product or economic growth of the United States. I think the age of the universe has zero to do with how our economy is going to grow."
… the observations that our economy is built on our industry, which is built on engineering and technology, which is built on (wait for it) science. Which is not a cafeteria of separate disciplines that can be picked and chosen based on religious beliefs and what appeals to one's sense of order in the universe:
'The bottom line is that this economy, at its root, is built on a web of scientific knowledge from physics to chemistry to biology. It’s impossible to just cherry pick out parts we don’t like. If the Earth is 9,000 years old, then virtually the entire construct of modern science is simply wrong. Not only that, most of the technology that we rely on most likely wouldn’t work – as they’re dependent on science that operates on the same physical laws that demonstrate the age of the universe.
Now, this doesn’t mean that our representatives to the Congress and to the Senate should be scientific experts. But if they hold ideas about the world around us that are fundamentally at odds with scientific evidence, then that will ultimately infringe on their ability to make reasoned judgments about a host of issues where the economy touches technology. And that could end up harming the economy as a whole.'
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Why Marco Rubio Needs To Know That The Earth Is Billions Of Years Old – Forbes
Senator Marco Rubio recently stated that the age of the universe doesn’t impact economic growth. He couldn’t be more wrong.
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Dave, Dave, Dave…
When building a Banana Republic where all that matters is how much money you have, it doesn’t matter what the proles want or think, heck they are just fodder for the sweat shops anyways, why bother them with things such as education and thiking. better that they do not know anything since that will limit their ability to question their position in society or station in life.
Nope, all education does is lead to the proles thinking they are good as their betters and demanding things and we all know what that leads to, raising taxes.
Yeah, that italicized line made me laugh. It's all connected.