, I also think that environmental policies will not ultimately be successful unless people really learn the value of having vegetation around and appreciate it. Children in particular need to have fun experiences in wild places and just learn how BADASS the environment is.
Exactly. Otherwise, they will think oil>pristine wild places, simply because they don't know any better.
I think most of the population has an automatic aversion to the idea: either it's seen as an enemy of their faith or they think scientists are insane, antisocial people who are so driven by their ambition that they forsake human morality.
This is true, and then it's mixed with this idea that science will solve our problems in the future (figure out how to clean air, etc, so we don't need to fix the problems we have NOW if we don't like the solution.
That's one reason why I REALLY like the series Sanctuary on SyFy. Amanda Tapping's character is amazing- she's a brilliant scientist who uses her immortality and vast knowledge in a way that will genuinely improve the lives of others. I feel she does so many things that run counter to popular beliefs about science, but lo and behold, she's still portrayed as a hero.
Awesome! And have you watched any of the stargates? Because I'm curious to see where you would put those shows on the science is bad/science will save us scale.
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Exactly. Otherwise, they will think oil>pristine wild places, simply because they don't know any better.
I think most of the population has an automatic aversion to the idea: either it's seen as an enemy of their faith or they think scientists are insane, antisocial people who are so driven by their ambition that they forsake human morality.
This is true, and then it's mixed with this idea that science will solve our problems in the future (figure out how to clean air, etc, so we don't need to fix the problems we have NOW if we don't like the solution.
That's one reason why I REALLY like the series Sanctuary on SyFy. Amanda Tapping's character is amazing- she's a brilliant scientist who uses her immortality and vast knowledge in a way that will genuinely improve the lives of others. I feel she does so many things that run counter to popular beliefs about science, but lo and behold, she's still portrayed as a hero.
Awesome! And have you watched any of the stargates? Because I'm curious to see where you would put those shows on the science is bad/science will save us scale.