John Kerry asked, "What if we have a president who believes in science, so we can unleash the wonders of discovery like stem-cell research to treat illness and save millions of lives?".(The Week)(Brief Article)

* John Kerry asked, "What if we have a president who believes in science, so we can unleash the wonders of discovery like stem-cell research to treat illness and save millions of lives?" Of course, one can "believe in" science--better, believe that the scientific enterprise can generate useful and sometimes wondrous knowledge--while also thinking, with President Bush, that research that kills human embryos is morally objectionable and should not be funded by the federal government. Almost everyone supports some restrictions on human experimentation while still "believing in science." If, on the other hand, "believing in science" means taking on faith the promises that embryo-killing research will save "millions of lives" and that human cloning will make it possible for everyone to have ...