How To Enhance Public Trust in Science
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
"What helps people trust science, and why does that trust sometimes break down? In this keynote at ISTA, Michael John Gorman, Director of the MIT Museum and Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, reflects on the challenges of communicating science in an age of misinformation. Drawing on decades of research into how scientific ideas are received and understood, Gorman argues that facts alone are not enough. Preserving a sense of wonder, he suggests, may be just as important for sustaining public engagement with science."