The history of science has been one long series of violent brainstorms, as successive generations have come to terms with increasing levels of queerness in the universe.
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When I was a teenager, science meshed with my developing ideals - such as the challenge to authority that was central to punk rock. In science, anyone from any walk of life could make a discovery that would overturn prevailing hypotheses. And that was a cause for celebration among scientists.
The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.
Luckily for writers - and unluckily for history - every scientific idea creates human conflict.
Science fiction has these obsessions with certain sciences - large scale engineering, neuroscience.
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.
Science is the first expression of punk, because it doesn't advance without challenging authority. It doesn't make progress without tearing down what was there before and building upon the structure.
I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.
Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.
Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game.
Science is the best idea humans have ever had. The more people who embrace that idea, the better.
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