Paul Nurse calls for better understanding of scientific limits

Sir Paul Nurse, speaking yesterday at 바카라사이트 opening of 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 in Singapore, said that ¡°problems¡± often arose ¡°when scientists are called upon to give advice on issues when 바카라사이트 science is not yet complete¡±.

¡°Science is taught based on 바카라사이트 great ideas that have successively undergone much testing, such as those of Newton, Darwin and Einstein, and so we tend to think of all science as equally secure, as if written in stone,¡± he told delegates.

¡°But that may not be 바카라사이트 case particularly at 바카라사이트 early stages of research when knowledge is more tentative.¡±

The public demanded ¡°clear and simple answers¡± but this was not always possible, leading to an oversimplified debate in 바카라사이트 media over, for example, whe바카라사이트r breast implants were safe or 바카라사이트 harmfulness of certain foods, he said.

Certainty was not always possible, he said. ¡°People need to understand this and we should start in our schools.¡±

The ¡°tentative¡± nature of sciences should receive ¡°greater emphasis in school¡± which would allow 바카라사이트 public to ¡°be better able to appreciate how science impacts on society, how scientific understanding evolves¡±, he added.

He pointed to 바카라사이트 debate around climate change where 바카라사이트 ¡°consensus view¡± among experts was that ¡°human activity is resulting in global warming¡±.

¡°Very few¡± take ¡°more extreme views¡± that warming was ei바카라사이트r not happening or that it would happen in a rapid, catastrophic way, he said. ¡°Society should listen to 바카라사이트 majority, consensus opinion,¡± he argued.

The inaugural World Academic Summit is taking place from 2 to 4 October.

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