even the NSF is stuck with anecdotal evidence

[ursula]

This article doesn't answer my question. But it does have lots of other interesting tidbits, including a link to an article on the correlation between interest in science fiction and interest in the space program, and the fact that people with higher incomes are less likely to watch the X-Files, but equally likely to watch Star Trek.

Comments

I guess I'm not the only one who hates X-FIles

[lubeck.livejournal.com]

I'm a big scifi nut. I can't get enough star treck, even when I know it sucks form a storytelling aspect. I'm an engineer, and we chat at work about the odd articles we read in magazines about cutting edge tech that has no applications yet just to spark our imaginations. I think it's important to keep that creative aspect in your science or you just keep applying the same old ideas.

Our quote of the week last week was by me:
"Everyone makes mistakes. If you fail to try anything new you are doomed to repeat the same mistakes and will never learn anything new."