Bad-science Quote by James Cambias Download Open image ““I fear we must use bad science to accomplish good politics.”” — James Cambias ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bad-science Good-politics Politics Science
“Mostly what is called political science seems to me a device, invented by university teachers, for avoiding that dangerous subject politics, without achieving science.” — Alfred Cobban Copy Share Image
“Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science.” — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Science is not separate from politics. As much as I would like it to be a pure thing, existing only in some intellectual realm… — Marie Brennan Copy Share Image
You can't blame science for being used for evil purposes. What you can do is say, 'This is an exceedingly powerful tool.' And you… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“I am troubled by grave doubts about the usefulness of scientific endeavor and have a whole drawer filled with treatises on politics and their… — Albert Szent-Györgyi Copy Share Image
“What is there in the precepts of science that keeps a scientist from doing evil?” — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Even science must sometimes be treated as a possible enemy. Yes even science.” — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
“States should invest in science so that the future can be calmly contemplated.” — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“If I am to write my memoirs someday I would like to have good material to work with.” — James Cambias Copy Share Image
“...people do not want to hear that aliens are just like us. They want wise angels and noble savages.” — James Cambias Copy Share Image
“For probably the ten-thousandth time Tizhos cursed her people. They had ventured forth from a ruined planet, rediscovered how to enter Otherspace and explore… — James Cambias Copy Share Image
“While war for love is inspiring in legends and epic poems, we must be governed by cynical pragmatism.” — James Cambias Copy Share Image
“It is very difficult to predict what other humans will do, and considerably more difficult to anticipate the behaviour of aliens.” — James Cambias Copy Share Image
“Your advanced alien science is no match for our spunky Earthling pop culture.” — James Cambias Copy Share Image
“It may be easier to believe that we remain lean because we're virtuous and we get fat because we're not, but the evidence simply… — Gary Taubes Copy Share Image
“What I tried to make clear in Good Calories, Bad Calories was that nutrition and obesity research lost its way after the Second World… — Gary Taubes Copy Share Image
“Even if these researchers do see the need to address the problem immediately, though they have obligations and legitimate interests elsewhere, including being funded… — Gary Taubes Copy Share Image
“…sometimes you need to be imaginative about what kinds of research you do, compromise and be driven by the questions that need answering, rather… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
