Sayings

True myths

Jesus loves Darwin 15% of my brain

A scientist using a microscope to examine a slide.
Photograph by Morgan Brown/CSIRO, via Wikimedia Commons; licensed under CC BY 3.0.

Scientists pride themselves in precision, accuracy, and intellectual honesty.

Yet when scientists communicate, an interesting true story is imagined in order to manifest the significance of recent work.

This is accepted practice. Scientists produce true myths and share them.