Top 10 Scientific Letdowns

On the eve of the New Year, I could not resist the temptation of doing some sort of top ten list. So, here it goes. I found a top ten list of Science let downs or disappointments. As much as I like to be a cheerleader for all things science, I decided this year to reign in expectations.

Let’s face it we still don’t hav...e flying cars, and we still haven’t colonized the moon yet. Of course, I shutter at the thought of giving everyone flying cars, people have a hard enough time with 2 dimensional space let alone 3.

Of the top ten let downs of this year or decade for me would be the climate change issue. There’s undeniable evidence from different disciplines within science that corroborate our impact on the earth’s climate. Yet, we still continue to increase our carbon footprint, largely due to the world’s 2 big emitters still remain unconvinced there is a problem. Not to mention the millions upon millions of dollars being exhausted in marketing and propaganda to cloud the issue of climate change in the average world citizen’s mind.

Convincing people seems to be a daunting task. Just think of the controversy over evolution. Even after 150 years after its publication, 61% of the American population still expresses a negative or neutral opinion on evolution. We certainly don’t have 150 years to argue over climate change, and it’s looking like this is the only planet we have (we still haven’t found any earth like planets within a stone's throw away from our solar system).
For the New Year and years to come, I hope we all will take better care of our little blue marble in the sky. Below is a link to the Scientific Americans top ten disappointments, enjoy the read!

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=science-letdowns-decade