Science, Safety

“Why are we failing at math and science? Because it isn’t fun any more. When you put safety on the highest altar, what do you give up? When fear of lawsuits — not to mention fear of technology — drives product design, marketing, and public policy, you eliminate science at its roots, in the natural experimentation of kids who want to know how the world works.”

From Why We’re Failing in Math and Science by Tim O’Reilly

Scientists are the pioneers who push the limits of human knowledge and the boundaries of the known universe. That’s a little dangerous sometimes.