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So, there's a way to responsibly participate in US politics and also guarantee that I can't get a government job later? Sounds like a great deal, but what's the catch?

And we also know that the streams will be crossed, and it will save the day.

"But in the end, they'll meet the same fate as the dinos."

Everlasting fame and the undying love of children everywhere?

For some background on the Gundersens' work on the Vermont Yankee plant, see this story from the Burlington weekly from a few years ago: http://www.7dvt.com/2007/fission-accomplished

While evolution by natural selection and global warming and both fairly fundamental phenomena that should concern anyone who is trying to understand the world at large, they are both still scientific topics. That is, they were both discovered by scientists, explained in the language and culture of science, and are justified with scientific methods. No matter how much the layman should understand these topics, should it really be a surprise that people who are extensively trained in science, otherwise known as scientists, understand scientific topics much better than the public at large? Scientists have expertise in science, and that is clearly shown in the numbers here.

"Medical care is full of information waivers, much like EULAs, only with your health at stake."

This is sloppily worded, but let's be clear that medical privacy is not the same thing as "your health". If someone sees my private medical records, it doesn't make me sicker. If anything, more eyeballs would tend to make me less sick, as medical errors would be more likely to be caught.

"It's got to stop or this really will be a police state"

Actually, it's got to stop, or this will remain a police state.