Ian Robinson’s Soapbox

Last April John Holdren, who will be Barack Obama’s chief science advisor, was on Letterman. You can see a video of it here. It’s well worth watching.

Barack Obama talked about science and introduced his science team in his weekly address. See video below. Could we be about to witness a new mini enlightenment after the regression of the Bush years. I think so. It is incumbent on all of us who value rationality, both in the USA and also the wider [...]