only 6% of scientists are republican

[KingOrfeo]

"Scientists" are usually life long students connected inextricably to the teat of higher learning. Try spending a lifetime in college and maintain any sense of reality.

Academia is as much a part of reality as anything else.

 

[RightField]

i think they mean people who went to college to become scientists such as biologists or chemists.

besides the "i know lots of people who arnt" isnt a good arguement.

lol....maybe it was a poll of "Global Warming Scientists"

 

[tinylittlegnat]

lol....maybe it was a poll of "Global Warming Scientists"

could be. but i think they would be balanced out by the creation or intelligent design "scientists"

 

[coastal-boy]

I was aware of the involvement of the AAAS...but it begs the question...

Were the "scientists" all AAAS members? Was any scientist outside the AAAS polled?

doesn't matter...all of them still have at least 8 more years of school than you

 

[firespin]

I was aware of the involvement of the AAAS...but it begs the question...

Were the "scientists" all AAAS members? Was any scientist outside the AAAS polled?

Yes, and no, to your questions.

http://people-press.org/reports/images/528-14.gif

 

[Aviator1976]

Yes, and no, to your questions.

http://people-press.org/reports/images/528-14.gif

I appreciate that...I must have missed it.

 

[firespin]

Academia is as much a part of reality as anything else.

It's just a part of reality though. It's not representative of anything broader, since it has very specific entrance criteria, often a PhD.

 

[The_Trouvere]

People who are knowledgeable usually do vote Democrat. The great majority of college professors and journalists vote Democrat. Most businessmen vote Republican. Unfortunately, they rarely know much beyond their lives and their companies.

For example:

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[Henry] Ford, who as a boy obtained only a skimpy education in a rural school, knew nothing about the Civil War campaigns of Generals Grant and Sherman, confused the War of 1812 with the American Revolution, and when asked to identify famous traitor Benedict Arnold replied: "He is a writer, I think."
http://away.com/primedia/transport/henry_ford_1.html

 

[Aviator1976]

People who are knowledgeable usually do vote Democrat. The great majority of college professors and journalists vote Democrat. Most businessmen vote Republican. Unfortunately, they rarely know much beyond their lives and their companies.

For example:

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[Henry] Ford, who as a boy obtained only a skimpy education in a rural school, knew nothing about the Civil War campaigns of Generals Grant and Sherman, confused the War of 1812 with the American Revolution, and when asked to identify famous traitor Benedict Arnold replied: "He is a writer, I think."
http://away.com/primedia/transport/henry_ford_1.html

Did your post have a point?

Do you honestly believe that jounalists are more "knowledgeable" than businessmen? They may be up on current events, but it hardly makes them more intelligent or any smarter.

Educators vote Democrat because it is the Democrats that support the education unions and promise massive funding increases. (A promise that rarely gets fulfilled.) It has nothing to do with Democrats having a more enlightened position, it is all about money.

 

[firespin]

People who are knowledgeable usually do vote Democrat. The great majority of college professors and journalists vote Democrat. Most businessmen vote Republican. Unfortunately, they rarely know much beyond their lives and their companies.

For example:

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[Henry] Ford, who as a boy obtained only a skimpy education in a rural school, knew nothing about the Civil War campaigns of Generals Grant and Sherman, confused the War of 1812 with the American Revolution, and when asked to identify famous traitor Benedict Arnold replied: "He is a writer, I think."
http://away.com/primedia/transport/henry_ford_1.html

Henry Ford is your example? It's 2009, not 1909.

CEOs of top 50 companies in 2006 and where they went to college:

COMPANY CEO COLLEGE
Exxon Mobil Rex Tillerson University of Texas at Austin
Wal-Mart Stores H. Lee Scott Pittsburg State University in Kansas
General Motors Rick Wagoner Duke University
Chevron David O'Reilly University College, Dublin
Ford Motor William Ford, Jr. Princeton University
ConocoPhillips James Mulva University of Texas
General Electric Jeff Immelt Dartmouth College
Citigroup Charles Prince University of Southern California
American Intl. Group (AIG) Martin J. Sullivan N/A
Intl. Business Machines Samuel J. Palmisano Johns Hopkins University
Hewlett-Packard Mark V. Hurd Baylor University
Bank of America Corp. Ken Lewis Georgia State University
Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett University of Nebraska
Home Depot Robert Nardelli Western Illinois University
Valero Energy Bill Klesse University of Dayton
McKesson John Hammergren University of Minnesota
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Jamie Dimon Tufts University
Verizon Communications Ivan Seidenberg City University of New York
Cardinal Health Robert D. Walter Ohio University
Altria Group Louis Camilleri University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
Kroger David Dillon University of Kansas
State Farm Insurance Cos. Edward B. Rust, Jr. Illinois Wesleyan University
Marathon Oil Clarence Cazalot, Jr. Louisiana State University
Procter & Gamble Alan G. Lafley Hamilton College
Dell Kevin Rollins Brigham Young University
Boeing W. James McNerney, Jr. Yale University
AmerisourceBergen R. David Yost U.S. Air Force Academy
Costco Wholesale James Sinegal San Diego State University
Target Robert Ulrich University of Minnesota
Morgan Stanley John J. Mack Duke University
Pfizer Henry A. McKinnell University of British Columbia
Johnson & Johnson William Weldon Quinnipiac College
Sears Holdings Alan J. Lacy Georgia Institute of Technology
Merrill Lynch Stan O'Neal Kettering University
MetLife Rob Henrikson University of Pennsylvania
Dow Chemical Andrew N. Liveris University of Queensland
UnitedHealth Group William W. McGuire University of Texas at Austin
Wellpoint Larry C. Glasscock Cleveland State University
AT&T Edward Whitacre, Jr. Texas Tech University
Time Warner Richard D. Parsons University of Hawaii
Goldman Sachs Group Lloyd Blankfein Harvard University
Lowe's Robert Niblock University of North Carolina
United Technologies George David Harvard University
United Parcel Service Michael L. Eskew Purdue University
Walgreen David Bernauer North Dakota State University
Wells Fargo Richard Kovacevich Stanford University
Albertson's Larry Johnston Stetson University
Microsoft Steve Ballmer Harvard University
Intel Paul Otellini University of San Francisco
Safeway Steven Burd Carroll College

 

[Le Jacquelope]

all those creationists saying that the Earth is 6,000 years old and that the Grand Canyon was made by Noah's flood...


Consider themselves Republican scientists!

LOL that's fucked up.

 

[Le Jacquelope]

"Scientists" are usually life long students connected inextricably to the teat of higher learning. Try spending a lifetime in college and maintain any sense of reality.

Wow, you are an idiot. That's the front runner for the stupidest quote of the month.

Don't worry, though, Phrodeau has yet to comment.

 

[Aviator1976]

Wow, you are an idiot. That's the front runner for the stupidest quote of the month.

Don't worry, though, Phrodeau has yet to comment.

Actually, my family is full of academics and what he says is pretty accurate.

 

[tinylittlegnat]

Actually, my family is full of academics and what he says is pretty accurate.

bob jones university does not count. enither does the shitty school falwell established

 

[Aviator1976]

bob jones university does not count. enither does the shitty school falwell established

Grandfather - PhD from Florida State
Aunt - PhD from Johns Hopkins
Aunt - JD
Dad - Masters from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Aunt - Masters from Juiliard
Uncle - Masters from University of Minnesota
Uncle - PhD from University of Houston

Sure, we're not Ivy League....but I'd say the family is more educated than most.

 

[The_Trouvere]

Did your post have a point?

Do you honestly believe that jounalists (sic) are more "knowledgeable" than businessmen? They may be up on current events, but it hardly makes them more intelligent or any smarter.

Educators vote Democrat because it is the Democrats that support the education unions and promise massive funding increases. (A promise that rarely gets fulfilled.) It has nothing to do with Democrats having a more enlightened position, it is all about money.

Businessmen are narrow in their understanding. Journalists, and college professors have more general knowledge. That is why they usually vote Democrat.

Even here I notice that the wingnuts rarely have any knowledge beyond a their own lives and a few cliches they pick up from right wing web sites and hate radio.

 

[tinylittlegnat]

Grandfather - PhD from Florida State
Aunt - PhD from Johns Hopkins
Aunt - JD
Dad - Masters from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Aunt - Masters from Juiliard
Uncle - Masters from University of Minnesota
Uncle - PhD from University of Houston

Sure, we're not Ivy League....but I'd say the family is more educated than most.

you said in a previous post that you would not take my word for what it is without evidence(which you were later given) so you must understand if i do th same for you.

 

[Aviator1976]

you said in a previous post that you would not take my word for what it is without evidence(which you were later given) so you must understand if i do th same for you.

That is fine.

 

[MechaBlade]

Businessmen are narrow in their understanding. Journalists, and college professors have more general knowledge. That is why they usually vote Democrat.

Even here I notice that the wingnuts rarely have any knowledge beyond a their own lives and a few cliches they pick up from right wing web sites and hate radio.

I almost want to create an alt called Devils Advocate...

But I think journalists don't have to have general knowledge to do their job. They just get the basic facts from a story (and any interesting extra information) and present them in a way that people can get the info efficiently.

I think professors and students vote liberal partially because they're smarter, but honestly, it also probably is influenced by the idealism that is a natural by-product of college life.

 

[Aviator1976]

I almost want to create an alt called Devils Advocate...

But I think journalists don't have to have general knowledge to do their job. They just get the basic facts from a story (and any interesting extra information) and present them in a way that people can get the info efficiently.

I think professors and students vote liberal partially because they're smarter, but honestly, it also probably is influenced by the idealism that is a natural by-product of college life.

You obviously do not understand how this works here....you are supposed to over simplify everything and reduce things to a simple single cause and effect situation.

Example: Most educators are liberal so liberals must be smarter.

I won't even start on all the logical fallacies.

 

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[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

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http://people-press.org/report/528/

wow i wonder how many of those 6% are creation scientists? and only 9% consider themselves concervative. i am actually suprised that there is such a large margin.

I guess Science is dead everywhere else...

 

[RobDownSouth]

I guess Science is dead everywhere else...

Your particular brand of faith-based science, in any event.

 

[_stryder_]

Businessmen are narrow in their understanding. Journalists, and college professors have more general knowledge. That is why they usually vote Democrat.

Even here I notice that the wingnuts rarely have any knowledge beyond a their own lives and a few cliches they pick up from right wing web sites and hate radio.

Your thinking brings to mind what a great journalist, H.L. Mencken said:

"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."

 

[RobDownSouth]

Your thinking brings to mind what a great journalist, H.L. Mencken said:

"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."

And that pithy little quote has become the philosophical underpinning for today's anti-intellectualism Republican party....