The Geek Manifesto - Mark Henderson torrent

Category: Education
Language: English
Keywords: geek manifesto
Written by Mark Henderson
Read by Tom Lawrence

e live in a country where:

• Only one of our 650 MPs is a scientist.
• The government sacked its drugs adviser for putting science above public opinion.
• The media whipped up a groundless vaccine scare that threatens children’s lives - and then honoured one of the journalists behind it with a coveted prize.
• A writer can be forced into court for telling the scientific truth.
• The NHS spends taxpayers’ money on sugar pills it knows won’t work.
• A mother was convicted of murdering her children because the ‘experts’ couldn’t do maths.

Isn’t it time we took action?

There has never been a better time to be a geek. What was once an insult used to marginalize the curious has become a badge of honour. People who care about science have stopped apologizing for their interests, and are gaining the political confidence to stand up for them instead.

The geeks are coming. And our world needs us.

Whether we want to improve education or cut crime, to enhance healthcare or generate clean energy, we need the experimental methods of science - the best tool humanity has yet developed for working out what works. Yet from the way we’re governed to the news we’re fed by the media, we’re let down by a lack of understanding and respect for its insights and evidence.