What are we doing wrong? Nothing. But we're fighting religiously-motivated belief, and that's a fight not easily won.
I'll keep up the fight, but I'm not betting the farm on winning it soon... m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 12:21 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Michael Palij > Subject: [tips] The Future Of Funding Biomedical Research Is Bleak... > > But don't take my word for it, consider this editorial from the Journal > of the American Medical Association; see: > http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=1675581&utm_source=S > ilverchair%20Information%20Systems&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=JAMA%3 > AOnlineFirst04%2F04%2F2013 > > The article identifies four factors for why funding biomedical research > is in danger (there's no increase in funding this coming year and the > sequestration is cutting about 5.1% of current funding). > Of course, this will affect psychology in a variety of ways from > neuroscience research to research on psychopathology. > > So, what's the teaching of psychology have to do with it? > Consider the first reason for the erosion of support for funding: > > |First, there is increasing politicization of science in general. > |Despite the massive explanatory power of science and the ability of > |scientific discovery to create amazing inventions that have positively > |transformed many lives-from computers and cell phones to vaccines and > |robotic prosthetics-there is an increasing uncertainty in the United > |States about the value of science. Recent polls show that 46% of > |Americans believe that human beings were created "pretty much in their > |present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so."3 One > |researcher reported that while "public trust in science has not > |declined since the 1970s except among conservatives and those who > |frequently attend church," there has still been a significant > |"politicization" of science.4 Politicization of science means that > |federal funding of science is more contentious and can no longer be > |considered an area of bipartisan agreement. > > Here is the report from Gallup on Americans with anti-evolution > beliefs: > http://www.gallup.com/poll/155003/hold-creationist-view-human- > origins.aspx > > NOTE: the percentage of people who are anti-evolution has stayed more > or less the same for the past 30 years that this polling has been done. > > Even 46% of college graduates are anti-evolution. What are we doing > wrong? > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e > 1&n=T&l=tips&o=24762 > or send a blank email to leave-24762- > 13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=24765 or send a blank email to leave-24765-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
