assignment

Make sure to respond to both questions thoroughly, using specific details and brief quotes from the text to support your answers. In short, show me that you read and thought critically about the assigned article. Each of your answers should be about 1/4 a page, double-spaced. Ultimately, you should be submitting a half page of double-spaced text for this assignment.

1) According to Bottum and Anderson, how are scientists and politicians interconnected? Also, why is this important, given the article's focus?

2) Consider the statement Bottum and Anderson make in paragraph 24: "Think of it this way: The premise of catastrophe produces the conclusion that the political and economic underpinnings of Western civilization must be discarded. Governments must take control of economies. Capitalism must give way. All decisions must be made by our scientific and political elite, for only they can save us from doom" (par. 24). Evaluate this argument using at least one specific criteria. Ultimately, do you find this to be a good argument or not?