>From: judys@ucmp1.berkeley.edu (Judy Scotchmoor)
>Subject: Lecture announcement
>
>We are pleased to announce the third of the 75th Anniversary Lecture Series
>of the UC Museum of Paleontology:
>
>Tuesday, December 10
>The Decline of Reason: Science, Pseudoscience and Antiscience in America
> Professor Jere H. Lipps
>
>
>Science is a delight! It involves imagination and creativity and it
>belongs to everyone. It is also being degraded by its formalization, its
>misrepresentation by the media, and its confusion with pseudo-science. As
>a result 95% of Americans are scientifically illiterate. That is just not
>good enough. Dr. Lipps believes in science and in science education. He
>was willing to take on a major television network for its irresponsible
>journalism and the effect on a believing audience, but he feels the
>responsibility lies with all of us
> - the media for false protrayals, the scientific community for not
>speaking out about it, parents and even many teachers for their unfortunate
>lack of understanding about what science really is and is not.
>
>Jere Lipps is a well-known micropaleontologist. He is Director of the
>Museum of Paleontology, professor of Integrative Biology at the University
>of California, Berkeley and President of the Paleontological Society.
>
>
>All lectures at 7:00 p.m. at 2050 Valley Life Sciences Building
>Free and Open to the Public -- For Information, Call 642-4877 -- Reception
>Following