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The Top Science Questions Facing America: 2012 Edition

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What are the top science questions the candidates for president should answer? We’re not interested in quizzing candidates on the particulars of cell mitosis or the third digit of pi. We want to know their positions on the big science and engineering policy questions that affect all our lives. The questions we will consider most successful will probe the candidates on the broad, important issues of our day around science in an insightful and fair way.

A top science question the candidates for president should answer is:

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  1. What policies will you support to ensure that America remains the world leader in innovation?

    1. Innovation. Science and technology have been responsible for half of the growth of the American economy since WWII. But several recent reports question America’s continued leadership in these vital areas. What policies will you support to ensure that America remains the world leader in innovation?

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    • Can you give an example of two basic scientific discoveries that you are particularly proud were made in the US?.

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      • "the ultimate decisions about the value of a specific scientific work...do not depend on any human authority"

        The ultimate decisions about what have to be mass-produced based on seemly successful results of some innovative experiments or scientific discoveries, shall not be made by narrow-minded industrialists or political authorities. Werner Heisenberg has been saying that we would never know what kind of natural power we might be playing with in our laboratories, but when these ideas are getting realized and mass-produced on a large scale a big question arises: are we about creating some progress or a major disaster?
        It is extremely important to be aware whether your research/experiment is getting supported by a soundly intelligent sponsor or…

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