Part 5: The Guardians of Dogma – Defenders of the New
Religion
YOWUSA.COM, 30-June-2004
Dale Caruso
If
our Church of Progress has a “Vatican,” the American Association
for the Advancement of Science could arguably be considered the spot. Its
affiliates include 264 societies and academies of science, serving more than
10 million members. Today, AAAS is the world's largest federation of scientific
and engineering societies.
To many, on both sides of any issue, the AAAS is the sanctioner of Dogma,
the postulator of position; through its conferences and seminars, and those
of its affiliates, approval by the AAAS means the difference between getting
you theories or ideas to move from the world of “Notion” to that
of “Dogma.”
Part 2: A Gathering Storm
YOWUSA.COM, 27-June-2004
Dale Caruso
The
summer of 1988 burned a new fear into the minds of many Americans. We watched
amber waves of grain in the nation's heartland turn brown and shriveled under
the rainless sky, while water levels dropped along the Mississippi River and
temporarily stranded thousands of barges. Wildfires in the western states
blazed through millions of forested acres and shrouded majestic mountains
in a veil of smoke. Across the nation, record heat and drought forced us to
wonder: Is Earth's climate changing before our very eyes.
The
mission of the all-volunteer Sagan Continuation Project (SCP) is to continue
the outbound contact efforts of astronomer Carl E. Sagan by using the Internet
to repetitively beam a reply message into space via our immense network of
communication satellites.
To participate in this free, all-volunteer program, simply include the SCP
contact message in your E-mail and web pages:
