RE: Scientific Illiteracy
- Archived: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 15:57:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 15:28:17 -0400 (EDT)
- From: David James <james.david@epa.gov>
- Subject: RE: Scientific Illiteracy
- X-topic: Permits and Rules
An interesting thread between Marple and Stoss -- more about trusting sources of info than about scientific illiteracy.
Did you happen to catch NPR's "All Things Considered" yesterday (Thursday, July 18)? There was a great 9:00 minute segment on the Office of Technology Assessment -- a source of technical info for policymakers that has only partly been supplanted by CNIE's making available Congressional Research Services' analyses.
You can listen with RealAudio to this piece at NPR's website, at
http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=07/18/2001&PrgID;=2
"Robert Siegel reports on the now defunct Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) which was created to help Congress sort through complex and technical subjects. OTA began researching issues in 1973. Its funding was cancelled in 1995 by then Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Robert talks with Jack Gibbons, a former head of OTA; Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) who heads the House Science Committee, Rep. Vern Ehlers (R-MI) -- a physicist by training; and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA)."
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