This is a view from the YMCA of the Rockies, which I first visited in August, 1975 to attend my first conference of the Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP). Since then I've been here about 15 times. But it was my attendance at the (AHP) conference that...
In a recent article in Scientific American, it was suggested that the U.S. should adopt higher standards in science, and that all 50 states should adopt them. When you check the literature on science standards, the main reason for aiming for higher standards (raising...
David Gergen, Michael Lubell and Shawn Otto had a very important conversation with Ira Flatow on this week's Science Friday about why the science debate project is critical to the country. The discussion focused on science in the presidential debates, and looked at...
Update: Shawn Otto of Science Debate will be featured on NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday at 2 ET. Discussion on science in the elections. In 2007, a small group of American citizens, lead by Shawn Otto, created Science Debate 2008, an organization that...
We introduced this topic yesterday and referred to an Associated Press story, in which Richard Leakey suggests that the debate over evolution will end sometime over the next 15 to 30 years. Leakey's thesis was: If you get to the stage where you can persuade people on...
Fernbank Science Center, a decades old institution owned and operated by the DeKalb County public schools is in danger of being closed due to a budget shortfall of $73 million. The annual cost of operating Fernbank is about $4.7 million, and it is on the list of...
