Scientists and politicians, why are they incompatible?

Speaker: Professor Herbert Huppert FRS, Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, Cambridge

Synopsis:

Politicians very rarely know or understand much science, even though they have frequently to consider and make important scientific decisions, often rather rapidly. Scientists are generally not in a hurry to make a decision and if further data or ideas change their conclusions, they generally say so, and may even increase their reputation by doing so.

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