If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The impression sometimes created among the public is that scientists are working away in their labs, and maybe they're not always thinking about the implications of their work. But we are.
If a scientist is not befuddled by what they're looking at, then they're not a research scientist.
There can sometimes be this fear among laypeople: 'I don't understand everything in science perfectly, so I just can't say anything about it.' I think it's good to know that we scientists are also confused some of the time.
People don't generally listen to scientists much.
Much of today's public anxiety about science is the apprehension that we may forever be overlooking the whole by an endless, obsessive preoccupation with the parts.
A lot of scientists act on their beliefs and so do things that look crazy to the rest of us.
As scientists, we need to not be afraid of the truth.
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.
Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong.
I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among the overwhelming majority of scientists, are people who would hold one particular view because that's all they're exposed to.