Uneducated hicks ??

[Pilgrim]

Considering that many people think of Utahans and Mormons as uneducated and sort of backwards, I found this article interesting.

Link

 

[F00BAR]

how many mormon scientists have won the nobel prize? or the fields medal, or are part of the national acadmey of sciences?

 

[F00BAR]

also can you really trust the source?

 

[911paramedic]

"You know you are a hick (redneck) if your home is mobile and your car isn't" Jeff Foxworthy

edit: oops, should have read the link first. There are lots of mormons here in Las Vegas, in fact before I moved after my divorce, I had about 6 neighbors that were mormons. They were really nice and great to be around but on Sunday they spend like 8 hours at the church. I also heard that they (all mormons) give a percentage of their paychecks to the church. Worship is ok in my book, to whatever faith you have, but too much is just too much.

better put on my asbestos suit now...

 

[Pilgrim]

foobar, i'm glad to see you took the time to read the articles
You must have graduated at the top of your Evalynn Wood class.

And hey, its on the internet, it must be true.

 

[b0mbrman]

<< And hey, its on the internet, it must be true. >>


That's how I feel about it 😀

 

[BooneRebel]

<< how many mormon scientists have won the nobel prize? or the fields medal, or are part of the national acadmey of sciences? >>



Here's one:
Paul D. Boyer, BYU alumnus and professor emeritus at UCLA, with two others, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry October, 1997 for discovery of enzymes that fuel energy production within the cell.

 

[Lucky]

<< Considering that many people think of Utahans and Mormons as uneducated and sort of backwards, I found this article interesting.

Link >>





I've never heard of anyone refer to mormons as a hick or uneducated. I have, however, lived in Provo UT, and in my experience a large percentage of mormons are intolerant, more conservative than rush limbaugh, and more than willing to shove their religion down your throat.

 

[Pilgrim]

lucky You talk like being more conservitive than Rush is a bad thing.

 

[Lucky]

<< lucky You talk like being more conservitive than Rush is a bad thing. >>




HAHAHAHA!!!!

 

[b0mbrman]

<< lucky You talk like being more conservitive than Rush is a bad thing. >>


Heh heh...

 

[BooneRebel]

<< how many mormon scientists have won the nobel prize? or the fields medal, or are part of the national acadmey of sciences? >>



Here are two more:

Dr. Jarvis Seegmiller, professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of California at San Diego. He is also director of the university?s Institute for Research on Aging, which he helped found in 1983, and the author of more than 370 scholarly papers on subjects relating to human biochemical genetics and rheumatology.

Dr. Nyle C. Brady, formerly a member of the Environmental Pollution Panel of the President?s Science Advisory Committee, member of the World Food Supply Panel of the President?s Science Advisory Committee, Chairman of the Agricultural Board, National Academy of Sciences. He was also a member of the Executive Committee, Division of Biology and Agriculture, National Academy of Sciences. He was also a member of the Panels on Environmental Quality, and Chemicals and Health of the President?s Science Advisory Committee. Dr. Brady was a consultant for U.S. AID sponsored Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Secretariat Project on Agriculture, a member of the U.S. National Air Quality of Criterion Advisory Committee, and Chairman of the U.S. AID Central Research Advisory Committee. He served for two years as a member of the Board on Science and Technology of the National Academy of Sciences Foreign Secretary?s Office