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U.S. Presidential Candidates Answer ScienceDebate 2016 Questions

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday September 14 2016, @01:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the interesting-but-not-surprising dept.

slash2phar writes:

Three of the four major candidates for United States president have responded to America's Top 20 Presidential Science, Engineering, Technology, Health and Environmental Questions. The nonprofit advocacy group ScienceDebate.org has posted their responses online. Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Jill Stein had all responded as of press time, and the group was awaiting responses from Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 14 2016, @04:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 14 2016, @04:39PM (#401877)

    The cost of an accident needs to be considered so unthinkable that it simply cannot be allowed to happen. Maybe there needs to be some kind of unthinkable personal consequences to those at the top if an accident is determined to be due to poor management.

    Ya mean like requiring the MBA-types at the top of the company and their families to live right next door to the power plant? I think it may be worth trying.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 14 2016, @06:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 14 2016, @06:41PM (#401962)

    Problem is the MBA types would still take risks. It's like the scorpion on the back of a fox being transported across the river.