Science as a Cultural Decision

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DIRECTOR:The recent impact of the film Project End of the World (“Project Hail Mary”), starring Ryan Gosling and based on Andy Weir’s novel, gives us the opportunity to reflect on the place of science in society. In it, problems are not solved by sudden inspiration, but by essay, error and collaboration. Scientific curiosity does not appear as an elitist attribute, but as an accessible, almost pedagogical disposition. It is no coincidence that i…