Appreciation Quote by Rush D. Holt, Jr

“There seems to be a concern about whether the public appreciation of science has eroded to a point where it has removed science from public debate and public decision making. Whether the public has come to regard evidence as optional.” quote by Rush D. Holt, Jr — Download Open 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 public debate and public decision making. Whether the public has come to regard evidence as optional.”

Rush D. Holt, Jr

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There needs to be a public dawning - and it is beginning to dawn on some members of the public - that how science is practiced actually makes a difference in their lives. If evidence becomes optional, if ideological assertions or beliefs are just as good as scientifically vetted evidence, then their quality of life suffers. I think that's dawning…

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Farmers were always generalists. They had to know science and commerce and all sorts of practical things.

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It is true that when people are appointed to positions and talk without any appreciation or understanding of scientists, well, that gets scientists worried.…

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The Tea Party and the like are about what we can't do, instead of the American ideal of what we can.

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This whole controversy about global warming or even evolution - politicians just don't want to take the time to educate themselves.

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The level of concern and anxiety among scientists - and I guess I'd say the science-friendly public - about the place of science in…

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We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of.

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Every citizen, scientists included, has some obligation to be involved in public affairs and politics.

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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.…

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Congress, even with its frustrations, is the greatest instrument for justice and human welfare in the world.

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