Given the scale of issues like global warming and epidemic disease, we shouldn't underestimate the importance of a can-do attitude to science rather than a can't-afford-it attitude.
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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.
I think it's important for scientists to be a bit less arrogant, a bit more humble, recognising we are capable of making mistakes and being fallacious - which is increasingly serious in a society where our work may have unpredictable consequences.
Individual scientists cannot do much on their own. Heads of nations, corporates, and economic giants should recognise the criticality of it.
Science shouldn't be just for scientists, and there are encouraging signs that it is becoming more pervasive in culture and the media.
The scientific community should work as hard as possible to address major issues that affect our everyday lives such as climate change, infectious diseases and counterterrorism; in particular, 'clean energy' research deserves far higher priority. And science and technology are the prime routes to tackling these issues.
There cannot be any impediment to science that will ultimately be good to the general public.
Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do.
As this body of knowledge has evolved, a much more critical job for researchers and scientists has evolved into explaining and educating policy makers and the public to the risks of global warming and the possible consequences of action or of no action.
Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do.
Science is the key to our future, and if you don't believe in science, then you're holding everybody back.
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