"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?"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Science fiction authors from the United StatesNovelists from the United StatesNon-fiction authors from the United StatesFilm producers from the United StatesTelevision producers
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
"Ritual Abuse, Hot Air, and Missed Opportunities: Science Views Media" - Speech to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Anaheim, California (25 January 1999)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Related Quotes
"I want to mention in passing that punditry has undergone a subtle change over the years. In the old days, commentator…"
"Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming…"
"As I went down to my car, [Peter Randall] said, "If you don't want to get involved I'll understand" I looked back at …"
"Media carries with it a credibility that is totally undeserved. You have all experienced this. [...] Briefly stated, …"
"Science is the most exciting and sustained enterprise of discovery in the history of our species. It is the great adv…"
"Carr was left with a ring, in the palm of his hand, a small gold circle, leading him nowhere."
"They passed a farmhouse, a simple shack surrounded by animals — a lazy burro, clucking chickens, a litter of pigs. Th…"
"Characterization lies at the heart of the impulse to polarize every issue — what we might call the Crossfire Syndrome…"
"This polarization of the issues has contributed greatly to our national paralysis, because it posits false choices wh…"
"Science is nothing more than a method of inquiry. The method says an assertion is valid — and merits universal accept…"