Appear Quote by Virginia Postrel

A lot of scientists act on their beliefs and so do things that look crazy to the rest of us.

— Anonymous

I'm on a crusade to get movie directors to get their science right because, more often than they believe, the science is more extraordinary…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Scientists are not the paragons of rationality, objectivity, openmindedness and humility that many of them might like others to believe.

— Marcello Truzzi

Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong.

— Donald Johanson

The scientists who attack mainstream religion, rather than striving for peaceful coexistence with it, damage science, and also weaken the fight against fundamentalism.

— Martin Rees

Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society.

— John Charles Polanyi

In a lot of Western science fiction, you need some form of conflict, whether it's aliens or robots. I think in Western culture, being…

— Cynthia Breazeal

In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others…

— Nathaniel Rich

Scientists are the easiest to fool. ... They think in straight, predictable, directable, and therefore misdirectable, lines. The only world they know is the…

— James P. Hogan

It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural.

— Michael Behe

Science has done much for us; but it is a poor science that would hide from us the great deep sacred infinitude of Nescience,…

— Thomas Carlyle

Younger scientists are extremely sensitive to the moral implications of all they do.

— Kurt Vonnegut