Conventional Wisdom Is Invariably Out Of Date.

Let's Be Clear: All Professions Look Bad In The Movies. And There's A Good Reason For This. Movies Don't Portray Career Paths, They Conscript Interesting Lifestyles To Serve A Plot. So Lawyers Are All Unscrupulous And Doctors Are All Uncaring. Psychiatrists Are All Crazy, And Politicians Are All Corrupt. All Cops Are Psychopaths, And All Businessmen Are Crooks. Even Moviemakers Come Off Badly: Directors Are Megalomaniacs, Actors Are Spoiled Brats. Since All Occupations Are Portrayed Negatively, Why Expect Scientists To Be Treated Differently?

You Know What's Wrong With Scientific Power? It's A Form Of Inherited Wealth. And You Know What Assholes Congenitally Rich People Are.

Even If You Don't Believe In God, You Still Have To Believe In Something That Gives Meaning To Your Life, And Shapes Your Sense Of The World. Such A Belief Is Religious.

It Takes Enormous Effort To Avoid All Theories And Just See.

The Extreme Positions Of The Crossfire Syndrome Require Extreme Simplification - Framing The Debate In Terms Which Ignore The Real Issues.