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The Uncertainty of the Scientific Process
Do you talk a little bit about the distrust that the public has in science in recent years as sort of an anti-science strain? And do you think that this sense of paternalism, of a kind of condescension of scientists to lay people is perhaps part of that? I imagine another part of it is the back and forth, the uncertainty of the scientific process, which is part of the process. People are pretty comfortable with uncertainty. They're generally forgiving.