Disconnect

The disconnect between science and reality in America has never been greater as seen by:

1. The Republican presidential debates &
2. The lack of understanding of genetics and belief in Creationism

To wit:

Three out of the 10 Republican candidates don't believe in evolution &...
The US lags the world in understanding either genetics or evolution. In looking at Live Science's chart, it's no wonder the US is losing it's leading role in science and tech. In Physics, the hub is now Cern, Switzerland while in Stem Cell research, the center has moved to England and Europe. Chemistry's still number one but space exploration is moving out of the coutnry. The number of computer science and hard science grads on a per capita basis is slowing while China's is accelerating. Hello!!!! Is anyone home???

As for separation of Church and State and the impact it's having on public policy, former President, Jimmy Carter, a devout Baptist, said it best in stating: “The policy from the White House has been to allocate funds to religious institutions, even those that channel those funds exclusively to their own particular group of believers in a particular religion. Those things in my opinion are quite disturbing,” Carter said. “As a traditional Baptist, I’ve always believed in separation of church and state and honored that premise when I was president, and so have all other presidents, I might say, except this one.”

"A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again" - Alexander Pope