[DobDobDob (Ron)]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

What can we do to improve our sciences and stem the decline we are told is happening..
alex

Well as romantic as this is going to sound, it could have some positive ramifications. The proposal is simple, people are more likely to ban together, across our planet, in an effort to support the protection of anything and anywhere that is not home (good old Earth).

Thus is goes that if we are at war with each other as we seemed to have been for most of our history, then the way forward for future generations is via the carrot of cosmological new beginnings.

Most young people think the planet and most people on it are stuffed, everyday they see some hypocritical act or deed, usually go unpunished. It's hard to convince them that everything is rosy, when it isn't. So if they were focused on astronomy, the pursuit of new worlds, the search for both intelligent and fundamental life, and so forth, then perhaps they would have hope and strive to make a difference in their life, knowing that the sum total of everyone's efforts is what will eventually answer our most basic questions about who we are and our place in the universe.

I guess what I am promulgating here is something for humanity to pin it's hopes on, and of course it starts in the schools, and yes I agree that the flow on to maths, geography, history, photography as well as the skills of research and observation, and of course the social benefit of mixing with like minded individuals in a common pursuit, is a worthwhile goal.