Science Cynics and Bad News

Denis Dutton plays scientific advisor to the president in Edge.org‘s hypothetical survey on issues facing governments in 2003. His counsel? Do away with the scare-mongering and cynicism typifying science (and its media coverage) today in favour of “[choosing] wisely when it comes to supporting pure science, along with research that can give us beneficial technologies.” A challenge to all “Cassandras of the labs.”