People Being Smart

[tealin]

'...But in today's politics, changing your mind in response to new evidence is seen as a weakness. When he was Vice-Chancellor at Warwick University, the biologist Sir Brian Follett remarked: "I don't like scientists on my committees. You don't know where they'll stand on any issue. Give them some more data, and they'll change their minds!"'

The Science of Discworld III, pg 299

Comments

[rebekah-weasley.livejournal.com]

I can't find The Science of Discworld I, II, or III in our library; where did you get your copy Tealin?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Library. I don't think the Science ofs have caught on in the States, as I've heard that from a number of people.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Of course, Science of Discworld III does take a rather unflattering view of American fundamentalist Christians... Well, okay, it takes an unflattering view of theists in general, but it singles out American fundamentalist Christians in particular, as it is (with a few side trips into time travel) mostly about evolution.