WHEN I wrote in a previous “World lines” commentary (15 December 2007, p 52) that I was joining a group of individuals to call for a presidential debate on US science and technology policy, I didn’t have much hope that such an event might actually take place. Yet in the few weeks since, we have received an overwhelming response, not only from the scientific community but also from the business community, journalists and interested lay people.
More than 13,000 people have already signed up at www.sciencedebate2008.com to support the call. Institutions like the National Academy of Sciences and the …
