Science Friday

Bill Gates wants to make it easier to hire foreign nationals in the U.S. That's fine, some of my best friends are foreign nationals working in the U.S. What's upset a few people is Bill's statement implying that if you're any good in tech, you've got a job.

This morning, on NPR, Bill lamented the lack of science education in America, offering this as an explanation as to why we lack tech workers. Let's, for sake of this argument, take that at face value. We don't do adequate science education in the U.S.

My reaction, since I'm a knee-jerk liberal, is how could we do decent science education when we don't take science seriously?