Science moves fastest when there's plenty of debate and controversy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you publish a scientific paper it is very hard to start a nationwide debate about something. If you do this in a movie, you can start a debate. We like to create a bridge between those two worlds - film and science.
Science shouldn't be just for scientists, and there are encouraging signs that it is becoming more pervasive in culture and the media.
Science is very vibrant. There are always new observations to be found. And it's all in the interest in challenging the authority that came before you. That's consistent with the punk rock ethos that suggests that you should not take what people say at face value.
I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.
Scientists generally are really chicken about getting involved in some kind of dispute. As a broadcaster, I find it very difficult to urge them, if it is a controversial subject. They don't want to have science being portrayed badly.
Science goes through fads, and there are big ups and crashes.
Science is the best idea humans have ever had. The more people who embrace that idea, the better.
Disagreements are one of the fundamental positive aspects of science.
Science fiction works best when it stimulates debate.
There is need for more science in politics and less politics in science.