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He noted that "the iterative process of science leaves uncertainty that some politicians can use to support their efforts to gather more votes."

Moerner said that scientists have plenty of outrage in their hearts but don't have a great answer to bullying by anti-science forces.

...movements. This death put on the front page of the newspapers the reality of these movements in Spain and the need to report more continuously on the need to vaccinate both to prevent the disease individually and to prevent the reappearance of diseases globally."

Some of the panelists stressed that the media must do a better job as well.

"A great example is cold fusion," Moerner said.

Graziella Almendral, director of Indagando Televisión in Madrid said that "in Spain, the specialized press has a hard battle against anti-vaccine movements. In 2016 a child died of diphtheria. It was the first case of diphtheria in Spain since 1987. The parents acknowledged...

Nowotny noted that the questioning of scientific information is not new (think Galileo) and that alternative facts can be found throughout history.

...the influence of the anti-vaccination movements. This death put on the front page of the newspapers the reality of these movements in Spain and the need to report more continuously on the need to vaccinate both to prevent the disease individually and to prevent the reappearance of diseases globally."

He noted that "the iterative process of science leaves uncertainty that some politicians can use to support their efforts to gather more votes."

As one of the 36 laureates who signed the Mainau Declaration on Climate Change at the 65th Lindau meeting, Moerner said he was frustrated that President Trump pulled out of the Paris Accords.