The concern now is whether policymakers even understand the meaning of evidence. Whether there is any truth to this descriptor of "fact-free… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
There needs to be a public dawning - and it is beginning to dawn on some members of the public - that how science… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
The concern now is whether policymakers even understand the meaning of evidence. Whether there is any truth to this descriptor of "fact-free era." Whether… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
There is a sense that science and politics are incompatible. I don't think so at all. I think it's important that scientists take great… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
Farmers were always generalists. They had to know science and commerce and all sorts of practical things. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
It is true that when people are appointed to positions and talk without any appreciation or understanding of scientists, well, that gets scientists worried.… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
The Tea Party and the like are about what we can't do, instead of the American ideal of what we can. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
This whole controversy about global warming or even evolution - politicians just don't want to take the time to educate themselves. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
The level of concern and anxiety among scientists - and I guess I'd say the science-friendly public - about the place of science in… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
Every citizen, scientists included, has some obligation to be involved in public affairs and politics. — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
There seems to be a concern about whether the public appreciation of science has eroded to a point where it has removed science from… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
One must not politicize science. But the converse is not necessarily true. There's no reason why scientists can not go into the public sphere.… — Rush D. Holt, Jr Copy Share Image
