Political discourse Quote by Robert M. Hazen

“Science literacy is an important part of what it is to be an informed citizen of society.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Scientific literacy is one of the underpinnings of everything I do. It's why I work with schools. It's why I teach at university. I…

— Chris Hadfield

My sense, talking to the general public around the country, is that most people don't have a very high level of scientific literacy.

— Heidi Hammel

Part of what it is to be scientifically-literate is how you think about information that's presented in front of you. I think that's the…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Increasingly, our leaders must deal with dangers that threaten the entire world, where an understanding of those dangers and the possible solutions depends on…

— Isaac Asimov

It is my idea that the public needs to be better educated about the nature of scientific inquiry and how the scientific process works.…

— Priyamvada Natarajan

Scientific knowledge is a kind of discourse.

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

Scientific literacy is an intellectual vaccine against the claims of charlatans who would exploit ignorance.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“We need science education to produce scientists, but we need it equally to create literacy in the public. Man has a fundamental urge to…

— Anonymous

You have not fully expressed your power as a voter until you have scientific literacy in topics that matter for future political issues.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Science literacy consists in the ability and the desire to follow reports of new scientific advances, throughout your whole life.

— Philip Kitcher