Why don’t scientists have more authority in government? | Robert Crease | TEDxCERN

[@Funandconsciousness]

Well chosen topic, especially for the location and audience. Presented with delightfully charismatic authority, by someone who has thought and felt his way through this dilemma, and with excellent workability. Could he be ... a ... scientist? OMG!

[@joecombs7468]

If scientists put science above their politics, scientists would have more authority.

[@RaulBetancur]

This is an important issue. I don´t know why people doesn´t care about this. WE HAVE A PROBLEM. If a scientific and rational method were used to manage the public resources not a particular ego. I´m sure we´d be better society.

[@anonymoususer2756]

13:31 Robert It’s pronounced ih-BOW-luh

[@octaviochavez8720]

Glad someone else caught that 😅 he pronounced it very oddly.

[@PriestofDischord]

Because attorneys are far more vital to human progress and the societal weal! [snickers]

[@DoINeedAHandle]

Perfect for Trump Administration's response to our wonderful friend, Covid-19

[@barbaracastleton4337]

Okay, so Dr. Crease, with all due respect, is not the world's best speaker, although he is amiable, expert, and enthusiastic. Not everyone is born a showman (pardon the gender reference). However, Dr. Crease explores the very issues we are dealing with this minute, this year, this pandemic with wisdom, perception, and the mind of a problem solver. I especially liked " let's demand that that politician[s] take a pledge saying they will refuse, and will insist that their constituents refuse, any medical treatment whose development was based on evolutionary biology." I would add a new one, "Demand that politicians who oppose vaccination and all of their constituents who likewise oppose vaccination pledge to refuse medical care if they get Covid (any of the varients). (Children excepted.)" Because of vaccines, I never got polio, though my grandmother ended up with one short leg due to the disease. Nor was I brought low by measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, typhoid, typhus, yellow fever, scarlet fever, shingles, or pneumonia due to vaccinations. I know the medical community can be biased and that it has made mistakes. Despite this, the benefits to humankind from science and those who labor over scientific method until value can be proven are myriad.

[@andrewkane8554]

pardon the gender reference? You people are so soft... lol

[@noel3422]

Why such a government body is so underpowered that it listened to whoever is more empowered in the gnp of a nation, you are are talking about who?

[@Cheretruck_]

Because scientists become bureaucrats, if interfered with power structures