Britain punches way above its weight in science, and I think we need to continue to do that, and anything that makes it easier to bring scientists in will be very welcome.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.
I think in the sciences there is still the general belief that America is still tops. For America to lose that, I think, would be very bad, not just speaking as a scientist myself. I think it would be very bad for the morale of the whole country.
The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any future a country might dream for itself.
We have to realize that science is a double-edged sword. One edge of the sword can cut against poverty, illness, disease and give us more democracies, and democracies never war with other democracies, but the other side of the sword could give us nuclear proliferation, biogerms and even forces of darkness.
We asked ourselves and the world to base decisions on good science, and I really believe the United States can be the leader in delivering that message to our international trading partners.
Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature.
Science shouldn't be just for scientists, and there are encouraging signs that it is becoming more pervasive in culture and the media.
American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been.
Let us advance science to create a better world for all.
I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.