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Brad Hayes
Brad Hayes has a PhD in geology from the University of Alberta and is president of Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd., a geoscience consulting firm addressing technical and strategic issues around oil and gas development, water resource management, helium exploration, geothermal energy, and carbon sequestration. He is an adjunct professor in the University of Alberta Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
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Great summary Brad! We (scientists) all have a political orientation in our personal lives. We go vote like everyone else. However, as scientist we should always be dispassionate and neutral in regards to how we communicate the results and uncertainties of our findings with regards to data, modelling results etc., opting for maximum clarity to give the people who are responsible for developing policy (regardless of political affiliation) the most accurate information possible on which to produce the soundest policies possible. When we inject narrative to steer the consumer of our work towards policies we are sympathetic to, we are in effect undermining trust in science. It’s not the scientist job to develop policies. We elect those people. Thanks for a great article Brad..