Re: The impact of scientific illiteracy in America
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Most likely: nothing. In a perfect world: end the government interference in and monopolization of the educational systems.
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Wow. In what way would you expect this to improve the level of general scientific knowledge? A fully private education system would be driven in large part by a couple of factors:
1) Private sector demand, i.e. the private sector would want people to be educated in an applied way, that helps their on-job skills. Most industries couldn't care less if people think the sun is carried around the earth by a giant dung beetle.
2) Religion. Enough said.
In a private education system, I don't see what demand there would be for a good general science education.
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Which explains why private school students score so much better than public school students in science. And math. And language. And history. And . . . everything.
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