Accomplishments of Science by the Year 2000
- Kind
- Book Chapter
- Date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Langley Research Center
- Place
- Washington, DC
- Retrieved
- Jun 19, 2011
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A 1985 View of Science and Technology in Year 2000
The glib words of years past from our politicians are hollow nightmares indeed when we are confronted with the staggering realities of what has to be done. But the key is there--technology, using it-and we hardly do now. The future may be unpredictable, but we can make a few well-aimed guesses about what life will be…
The Impact of Scientific Ignorance on Society
As a society, we walk a tightrope between limbo and extinction. We’re on a threshold of survival, in a society threatened as never before to find the way, with less and less margin for error. The decades ahead to the year 2000 and beyond, as were the decades just past, can be either interrogative, presumptuous, or…
Two Examples of Leaping to Conclusions without the Facts
Let me give you two examples of leaping to conclusions without the full facts. Back in the 1890’s, a certain California newspaper was apprehensive about the harmful effects the railroads would have on the environment. If the trains crossed the Mojave to get to the Pacific, this newspaper editorialized, “the huge iron…