America and its scientists: we're proud of, but don't believe them

No, Delicious.

His Noodliness is another question entirely.

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Exactly!!

The key is to come up with a system of governance which limits the damage that corrupt liars can do, rather than futilely hoping for a disinterested philosopher king to come along every generation.

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In theory, we have that in the US. Or at least we once had it… in theory…

Now there are the checks from the “sponsors”, so the politicos tip the balances towards them.

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Ah, so it’s because they don’t spell ‘cheque’ right. NOW I see the problem! Come on, America, it’s simple glitches like this that ruin governments and crash Mars Landers! Sort it out…

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