[Sola Veritas]

"that is a recipe for scientific disaster as the Chinese and our other competitors don't suffer from that same issue."

I didn't realize that science between countries is a competition. In fact, I thought a common holding of "scientific fact" was a basis for communion. Isn't "science" a universal language?

Do you actually mean to say that we will fall technologically behind the Chinese? Do you rationally hold that questioning totally naturalistic explanations is somehow going to put us behind the Chinese in technology? If that is so, you are IMO mistaken and indulging in needless worry expressed in hyperbole.

[Coyoteman]

I didn't realize that science between countries is a competition.

You should realize it.

The Chinese trained many of their best scientists here, now they are graduating many times the number of scientists we are. That begins to add up quickly, especially when we transfer our head start overseas as well.

But don't worry, we still have more lawyers and advertising execs.

[Do you see why some of us take science education and rational thought very seriously now?]

[gondramB]

"
Do you actually mean to say that we will fall technologically behind the Chinese? Do you rationally hold that questioning totally naturalistic explanations is somehow going to put us behind the Chinese in technology? If that is so, you are IMO mistaken and indulging in needless worry expressed in hyperbole."

Not this year. Nor next year. But over time if they keep outproducing us economically and their share of quality PhD.s continues to increase while ours decreases then yes, it will happen.

Teaching things other than science in science classes and cutting research budgets are major factors but by no means the only factors.