When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Much of today's public anxiety about science is the apprehension that we may forever be overlooking the whole by an endless, obsessive preoccupation with the parts.
Science never makes things that do not have to do with what we feel, by which I mean what we want and what we fear.
As scientists, we need to not be afraid of the truth.
There can sometimes be this fear among laypeople: 'I don't understand everything in science perfectly, so I just can't say anything about it.' I think it's good to know that we scientists are also confused some of the time.
Every technology, every science that tells us more about ourselves, is scary at the time.
We can fear things into existence. Fear looks into the future and imagines the worst that can happen.
Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them.
Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong.
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