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When Celebrities Speak on Science

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the good-idea-bad-idea dept.

Timberwolf0122 writes to mention that the website Sense About Science is encouraging stars not to comment on scientific issues without at least checking their facts. A somewhat amusing article on the BBC matches up a few comments made by celebrities with the factual reaction from experts in the field of study tackled by their blunder.

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  1. Actual site link by Mr+44 · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/

    Not sure why this wasn't in the BBC article...

  2. Re:Ask a scientist by coredog64 · · Score: 5, Informative

    So, if given the choice, I'd be much more open to listen to what an engineer has to say about global warming than Leonardo DiCaprio. From all the accounts I've read, Leonardo DiCaprio is actually an intelligent person.


          "DiCaprio's no idiot," says one insider. "His questions about the M1
          and M2 money supply really impressed the president, and when he
          floated a proposal about allowing offshore hedge funds to manage
          Social Security, Clinton's ears really perked up. They were smart
          questions, tough questions -- not the kind of questions you'd expect
          from Barbara Walters."

          Other insiders agree. "DiCaprio knows more about currency fluctuations
          than Cokie Roberts, Diane Sawyer and Sam Donaldson rolled into one,"
          says one source at ABC. "He's not just another pretty face."


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