“If Baltimore's view, that scientists who do not take the words of authorities are far removed from the ordinary behavior of scientists, prevails in the scientific community, then something fundamental, very serious, and very disturbing is happening to the scientific community.” IfsCommunityViewsSeriousAuthorityBehaviorHappeningsOrdinaryScientistFundamentalsDisturbingBaltimore Book:Challenges Source: Challenges
“There are folks who will equivocate. They'll say, 'You know, I'm not a scientist.' Well, I'm not either. But the best scientists in the world know that climate change is happening.” KnowsWorldWellsChangeHappeningsScientistClimateClimate ChangeFolks Author:Barack Obama
“I think science has a better story to tell than anyone else has been able to tell and that's because it's based on the rigorous winnowing that science and scientists are always doing in order to find out what's really happening. I think it's really good to encourage generally our ability to tell stories and that's a great skill that we come by naturally, so I'm excited about that.” ThinkingHas BeensStoriesAbleOrderAbilitySkillsHappeningsScientistExcited Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I think both science and art are impelled by curiosity: What's really happening? How do things really function? How can I really engage with the world around me? These are questions that artists and scientists both ask.” ThinkingWorldArtArtistAsksHappeningsScientistFunctionCuriosityArt And Science Author:Amy Hardie
“Is there some magic wand they can wave on it and presto! - physics is overturned and carbon dioxide doesn't trap heat anymore? And when we see all these things happening on the Earth itself, what in the hell do they think is causing it? The scientists have long held that the evidence in their considered word is "unequivocal," which has been endorsed by every national academy of science in every major country in the entire world.” ThinkingWorldLongHas BeensCountryEarthHellMagicMajorsHappeningsEvidenceScientistWavePhysicsThings HappenHeatTrapsCarbonAcademyWandsCarbon DioxideMagic WandsUnequivocal Author:Al Gore
“Climate scientists think of nothing but climate and then express their concerns in terms of constructs such as global mean surface temperature. But we live in a world in which all sorts of change is happening all the time, and the only way to understand what climate change will bring is to tell stories about how it manifests in people's lives.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayMeanStoriesTermHappeningsConcernScientistClimateClimate ChangeSurfaceConstructsTemperature Author:Dale Jamieson
“I think that the issues we have with science these days are not restricted to what's happening with respect to religion. There are a lot of very religious scientists around.” ThinkingReligiousIssuesHappeningsScientistThese Days Author:Barack Obama
“Scientists and artists are both living in the cultural milieu that they come up in. They're always responding to what is happening culturally.” ArtistHappeningsScientistCome UpRespondingMilieu Author:Adam Frank
“The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and evidence is mounting that what's happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act.” IfsHas BeensStillsLinesFailingEventsHappeningsEvidenceScientistClimateExtremesDecadesWeatherFloodSevereFrequencyDroughtPredictingExtreme Weather Author:David Suzuki