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X) I think it’s far too late to consider further 
moratoria on recombinant DNA experiments, nor do I think 
there should be. I congratulate NIH for its initiative 
and leadership in establishing guidelines and in taking 
the entire issue sc seriously. A priority for all scientific 
organizations should be the education of the general public 
about the nature of the scientific venture. I have done 
many person-on-the-street interviews and am appalled at 
the public ignorance about science. The ready popular 
acceptance of Uri Geller, UFOs, plant communication. 
Chariots of Gcds, Bermuda triangles, etc. in spite of the 
highest degree of education ever achieved attests to the 
failure of the scientific method to become a part of their 
lives. 
I blame the scientific community for this public 
ignorance. Traditionally, M popularizers" of science are 
regarded by scientists as third rate intellects in a vulgar 
activity. Science has been mystified by a wall of jargon, 
technical know-how and expertise. That must change if the 
public is to understand the nature of the forces changing 
their lives and to appreciate the cultural role of science. 
A public educated in science will be a more responsible 
public, a less impotent public, that will at the least, 
demand that its candidates for office have positions on 
scientific issues. 
In Canada (and I'm sure in the U.S.), the average 
person watches 5 to 6 hours of television a day i Yet if 
one were to try to determine the relative position of science 
from the amount cf science programming, it's clear why the 
public is uninformed. If most of the information people 
are getting comes from television, then that's where effort 
should be expended. In Canada, 2 of the six highest rated 
programs on the public network, CBC, are science shows. I 
have absolutely no doubt that science programming could be 
very highly rated. 
2) The education of prospective scientists must be 
broadened to include history, arts and philosophy. We must 
do something to break the trend for greater and greater 
specialization. 
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