To the Editor:
The discovery of water on the Moon is indeed one of the greatest discoveries in human history. The possibilities for expansion of our heretofore single home base have just multiplied to a greater extent than when early hominids first jumped down from their tree perches and began a terrestrial expansion.
It is indeed shocking, but not at all surprising, that outside the scientific community this discovery has next to no interest to most people. The average American is apparently more interested in what foolish thing Sarah Palin will say or do next.
Americans no longer want to be informed; they just want to be entertained. The promise of the 1950s and early ’60s has now ended in the reality that most Americans are not “smarter than a fifth grader” and don’t really know, or care, about things of cosmic importance. I fear for our future.
Michael Davis
Madison, Wis., Nov. 20, 2009
Note from KBJ: Why do I feel as though this man was going, not only to mention, but to attack, Sarah Palin, no matter what the topic of his letter? Get some help for your Palin Derangement Syndrome, man! You're broadcasting your mental instability to the entire world!
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 