Brian's article is one of the best I've read on this subject in a long time. We seem to have lost that sense of wonder and curiousity somewhere along the line. There's one reason that I became a scientist. I wanted to answer one question "why"? We can always blame the media for sensationalizing science, or highlighting just the alarmist aspects, but there's a huge gap between science today and public awareness.
Part of it is that things have become more complex, and difficult to relate to. But that can be overcome, and it must be. As Prof. Greene says
"Like a life without music, art or literature, a life without science is bereft of something that gives experience a rich and otherwise inaccessible dimension."
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Brian's article is one of the best I've read on this subject in a long time. We seem to have lost that sense of wonder and curiousity somewhere along the line. There's one reason that I became a scientist. I wanted to answer one question "why"? We can always blame the media for sensationalizing science, or highlighting just the alarmist aspects, but there's a huge gap between science today and public awareness.
Part of it is that things have become more complex, and difficult to relate to. But that can be overcome, and it must be. As Prof. Greene says
"Like a life without music, art or literature, a life without science is bereft of something that gives experience a rich and otherwise inaccessible dimension."