Quantum of Science

I ove godine će se u Sarajevu održati događaj nazvan „Marš za nauku“ koji je prvi put organizovan 22. aprila 2017. Tada je širom svijeta ukupno preko milion ljudi na oko 600 lokacija marširalo u protestnim šetnjama za nauku, protestujući protiv nedovoljnog ulaganja u nauku, politika koje nisu zasnovane na naučnim činjenicama, protiv ksenofobije i za bolji položaj naučnika u društvu. Ove godine, organizatori glavnog marša, onog u Washington DC, odlučili su pomjeriti događaj malo ranije, na 14. april. Osim te promjene na globalnom nivou, postoje male promjene i na našem, lokalnom nivou. Naime, prošle godine je organizator marša bila neformalna skupina građana, dok ove godine na malo okupljanje poziva novoosnovano i mlado udruženje građana koje smo nazvali Društvo za promociju prirodnih nauka „Nauka i svijet“, prema naslovu jedne knjige akademika prof. dr. Ljubomira Berberovića. I ne samo to: ove godine nećemo praviti protestnu šetnju nego ćemo se okupiti u pubu Blind Tiger (...

March for Science started out as the “Scientists' march on Washington”, an initiative in January 2017, just before the inauguration of Donald Trump and after the “Women's March”. The March was first suggested in a Reddit conversation in January, which not long after got around a million followers and then spread to other social networks. The drop that spilled the cup was the announcements of budget cuts and the ignorant attitude of the new administration towards science and scientific facts. In the period before the elections and the inauguration, Donald Trump publicly met people known for their anti-science attitudes, attitudes that can endanger health and the future not only of the American nation, but the whole human population. For example, he met Robert Kennedy on the issue of vaccines – rather than going to the scientific community and ask facts on immunization, he met someone who is not an expert in that field, but a self proclaimed “antivaxx” activist. Also...