Wise, the scientist most identified with the pleasure interpretation of dopamine activity in the 1980s, withdrew from such bold interpretations and gives his reasons against this one in his accessible 1994 and more thorough 1999.
With all of these barriers in place, is it wise for scientists to try to engage with broader audiences?
We came to know him as a compassionate physician, accomplished scientist, wise teacher, and friend to us all.
As a result, it is not wise for a scientist aiming at tenure or promotion to publish outside the basic research forums.
"Half Earth" is more recent, and is the brainchild of eminent, wise, and avuncular scientist Edward O. Wilson of Harvard.
Walt plays a wise-cracking police scientist and Cher is a tough-talking lawyer, sporting Solid Gold dancer ensembles similar to the outfits she wore in 1987's "Suspect," where she really did star as a lawyer.
In his "New Atlantis", he describes "not only a political and social order that was governed by wise men and scientists and supported by exceedingly congenial, ethical and dignified citizens, but also practices for the reinvention of man" [27, p 115].
Scientists need to be aware of it, but politicians and officials need for their part to be more restrained in their search for certainty from scientists, to be wise to the risks that scientists already overcome to speak publicly and to the danger of creating a situation where they are only told what they want to hear.
How vulnerable am I? "This is the first time that Los Alamos is not looked at as one of the best places to work if you are a scientist, career-wise," she said.
Wise says that 11 scientists have filed affidavits in support of the group's claims; most of them, including Jane Goodall, have worked with nonhuman primates.
