Then We can Talk about Science Literacy

With a hat tip to Blog of Hilarity, I present this letter to the editor in all its glory:

Reminds me of a letter to the editor I saw some years ago discussing the problems with airborne plutonium (on dust particle) that could be expected as the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons plant (near Denver) was shutting down.  The letter-writer said that she couldn’t figure out what the fuss was all about — after all, she said that plutonium is a “heavy” element and due to its great weight, it would just sink to the bottoms of nearby lakes under its own weight.

I think we have a LOT of work to do in educating people in both common sense AND science literacy.