“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
“The brain scientists are the wave of the future in the financial world. If you seek to maximize understanding, whether you're in academia or in the investment community, you'd better pay serious attention to them.” IfsWorldUnderstandingCommunityMoneyPayAttentionBrainSeriousScientistInvestmentFinancialWaveAcademia Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Most scientists will get serious media exposure about twice in their entire career. And they'll get that because they've actually done an experiment that was interesting.” DoneInterestingCareersMediaSeriousScientistExperimentsExposure Author:Aubrey de Grey
“If I want to read something that's really giving me something serious and fundamental to think about, about the human condition, if you like, or what we're all doing here, or what's going on, then I'd rather read something by a scientist in the life sciences, like Richard Dawkins, for instance.” IfsThinkingWantGivingHumansConditionsSeriousScientistFundamentalsInstanceHuman Condition Book:The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time Source: The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
“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.” ThinkingMayImportantBitsMistakeSeriousCapableConsequenceScientistHumbleMaking MistakesArrogantUnpredictable Author:Robert Winston
“No scientist, engineer, writer, psychologist, artist, or physician - and certainly no scholar, and therefore no serious university faculty member - pursues his or her vocation by getting right answers from a set of prescribed alternatives that trivialize complexity and ambiguity.” ArtistAnswersSeriousMembersScientistUniversityPursueAlternativesComplexityFacultyScholarEngineersPhysiciansVocationAmbiguityPsychologistRight AnswersFaculty Members Author:Leon Botstein
“Global warming activists claim a serious public concern presently exists and the overwhelming majority of scientists agrees humans are creating a global warming crisis. The survey of AMS meteorologists, however, shows no such overwhelming majority exists. Indeed, to the extent we can assign a majority scientific opinion to whether all the necessary components of a global warming crisis exist, the AMS survey shows the majority does not agree humans are creating a global warming crisis.” HumansDoeShowsOpinionSeriousCreatingConcernScientistClaimsCrisisAgreeMajorityGlobal WarmingActivistOverwhelmingComponentsSurveysMeteorologists Author:James Taylor
“A reporter told me it is very rare to see a woman of my age in the movies. Right! In the movies! But they have been for so long in very serious and important positions in life: scientists, prime ministers, candidates to be the president.” LongHas BeensImportantAgePresidentPositionSeriousScientistMinistersCandidatesPrimeReportersPrime Minister Author:Sonia Braga