Apparently Quote by Ben Goldacre

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

The general public has long been divided into two parts those who think science can do anything, and those who are afraid it will.

— Anonymous

Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for the…

— Albert Einstein

It does not help that some politicians and journalists assume the public is interested only in those aspects of science that promise immediate practical…

— Steven Weinberg

The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial…

— Johnny Ball

Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some…

— George Coyne

The absolute worst thing that you ever can do, in my opinion, in bringing science to the general public, is be condescending or judgmental.…

— Brian Greene

“But you can’t be a scientist if you’re uncomfortable with ignorance, because scientists live at the boundary between what is known and unknown in…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“we shouldn’t reshape our science just to avoid confusing the public”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Scientists generally are really chicken about getting involved in some kind of dispute. As a broadcaster, I find it very difficult to urge them,…

— David Suzuki

“Every scientist should, after all, regard it as his duty to tell the public, in a generally intelligible way, about what he is doing”

— Konrad Lorenz

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…

— Serge Lang