President Obama on the Necessity of Science--Speech to the National Academies of Science 4/27/09

[Mulehead]

Run time: 38:24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5-MgZD5IMc   Posted on YouTube: April 28, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 28, 2009 By DU Member: Mulehead Views on DU: 351

 
"I am here today to set this goal: we will devote more than three percent of our GDP to research and development. We will not just meet, but we will exceed the level achieved at the height of the Space Race, through policies that invest in basic and applied research, create new incentives for private innovation, promote breakthroughs in energy and medicine, and improve education in math and science."


Note the reception from our Nation's best scientists and engineers when BHO announces (beginning at 22:04), "Next, we are restoring science to its rightful place. On March 9th, I signed an executive memorandum with a clear message: Under my administration, the days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over. Our progress as a nation, and our values as a nation, are rooted in free and open inquiry. To undermine scientific integrity is to undermine our democracy. It is contrary to our way of life".

[greiner3]

1. Just the sound of me clapping!