In Science, The Old Men Are Usually

He Prays Because He Knows He Doesn't Control It. He's At The Mercy Of It.

Finally, I Would Remind You To Notice Where The Claim Of Consensus Is Invoked. Consensus Is Invoked Only In Situations Where The Science Is Not Solid Enough. Nobody Says The Consensus Of Scientists Agrees That E=mc2. Nobody Says The Consensus Is That The Sun Is 93 Million Miles Away. It Would Never Occur To Anyone To Speak That Way.

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?

Physics Was The First Of The Natural Sciences To Become Fully Modern And Highly Mathematical.chemistry Followed In The Wake Of Physics, But Biology, The Retarded Child, Lagged Far Behind.

Books Aren't Written - They're Rewritten. Including Your Own. It Is One Of The Hardest Things To Accept, Especially After The Seventh Rewrite Hasn't Quite Done It.