I’m going to have to get this book, Sex, Drugs, and DNA (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll)
just on the basis of a few excerpts…
Unfortunately, the US is a nation of very stupid people. So I
have stripped out the jargon and tried to deal with science
and health issues as though I was haranguing you at a party.
…and…
The strange thing about talking to non-scientists about science is that you quickly notice that some of the smartest,
most thoughtful and intellectually curious people have a terrible understanding of it. Most students leave high school
poorly equipped to manipulate even the most basic concepts. Nonetheless, I remain hopeful that we can increase
science literacy and intelligent discourse in the US. What can
I say? I’m an optimist.
…and a nice cartoon…
Your quotes have a few hyphens visible where they shouldn’t be.
PZ, thirty years from now, when you’re sitting around your fireside with your granddaughter on your knee and she asks you, “What did you do in the great War on Evolution,” you won’t have to say, “Well… I shoveled shit in Louisiana.”