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"My professors’ generation could respond to silliness like creationism with head-scratching bemusement. My students cannot afford that luxury. Instead they must become fierce champions of science in the marketplace of ideas. During my undergraduate studies I was shocked at the low opinion some of my professors had of the astronomer Carl Sagan. For me his efforts to popularize science were an inspiration, but for them such “outreach” was a diversion. That view makes no sense today."--Adam Frank nytimes/2013/08/22/opinion/welcome-to-the-age-of-denial.html?_r=0
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:44:15 +0000

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