This disconnect may reflect the traditional idea that academic and political leaders view universities as primarily responsible for the production of highly skilled labor and research [ 13].
The simplest way of explaining this disconnect (which, remember, reflects the typical pattern for biological and behavioral innovations in human evolution) is through the routine evolutionary phenomenon of exaptation, whereby existing structures are recruited to new purposes.
The best they could muster was a lame rejoinder from Dr. John Marburger III, Mr. Bush's science adviser, who said that these were disconnected episodes reflecting normal bureaucratic disagreements, none of them adding up to a "a pattern" of distortion or disrespect for science.
"It just reflects a disconnect from the way that average people live," said Diane Doubleday, a principal at Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
How such a rising star in the leftist governing party, someone whose name is often mentioned as a future presidential contender, so badly misread the national mood reflects the disconnect between a growing segment of the population and a government that prides itself on popular policies aimed at lifting millions out of poverty.
But in Northern Ireland, it reflects a disconnect between outsiders - be they politicians or tourists - and people living with very recent memories of the violence.
If this reflects a disconnect between pain beliefs related to assessment and those related to treatment for infants at risk for neurological impairment, then educational interventions aimed at improving care through changes in pain assessment may be ineffective.
Without engaging employees, there can be a disconnect that can reflect on the company.
In part, this disconnect between country and capital reflects the limits gridlock puts on governance.
Either way, the changes will affect the vast majority of Americans, given that the deficit reflects a basic disconnect between the government we have and the taxes we are willing to pay.
