As a nation of non-religious affiliation, debates amongst the presidential candidates regarding their individual religious beliefs are completely independent from their ability to make informed decisions based on technology, science, and education.
When it comes to creating public policy, a candidate needs to be able to demonstrate that his proposal is rooted in scientific fact.
Scientific literacy will also help in preventing the support or cancellation of various policies and funding areas that sound reasonable on paper, but in practice and application lack the scientific support to justify the spending, such as the ballistic missile defense system. By having candidates demonstrate scientific literacy, the country would be able to minimize risk of money lost to useless endeavors.
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