To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when somebody is full of shit.

Neil deGrasse Tyson, on the Nerdist posdcast for 10/31/12

Maybe it’s people blaming scientists for not warning of an earthquake, or believing that water has “memory,” or that cheap consumer items can affect how the basic particles of the universe operates, but it absolutely amazes me how little people understand of how science works. What’s worse, this lack of understanding is causing harm to them and to those under their care.