Throughout the years, we have seen many people try to frighten others about the status of science here in the United States. They tend to ignore the good news and focus on the bad news and often do so in order to portray the ID movement as a sinister scapegoat. How often have you heard it said that because of ID, countries such as China and India will soon surpass the United States in science unless people take a stand?

Well, did anyone ever think to ask people in India or China how they feel about their own country's future and its relationship with science?

Consider what Indian scientist B. K. Sen writes in the current issue of an Indian science journal.

He begins:

C. N. R. Rao has sounded an alarm apprehending the bleak future of science in India. Why the situation has come to such a pass possibly demands a thorough probe to unearth the underlying causes and then take remedial measures. I feel, if we look back a little, it will not be too difficult to identify some of the root causes.

and ends

Viewed from its present situation, the future of science in India does not look good. China is going to occupy the second position in terms of scientific productivity next only to USA in the foreseeable future, since China, being a communist country, can exercise its option to divert all its best brains to scientific research, which India cannot.

Hopefully, this will help you put American threatiness into proper perspective. While we're told that India will become the world's leader in science because the USA is bogged down with ID, in India, they're worried about a bleak future for science.

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