What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every technology, every science that tells us more about ourselves, is scary at the time.
Scientists appear most often in horror movies. Through childlike curiosity or God-defying hubris, they unleash destructive forces they can't control - 'Forbidden Planet's Monsters of the Id.
Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong.
Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.
As scientists, we need to not be afraid of the truth.
Unless you are a lawyer or Fortune 500 CEO, carrying a briefcase is, well, nerdy.
I believe that not everything we humans encounter in our lives can be neatly and convincingly tucked away inside the orderly cabinetry of science.
When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves.
Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.
Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.