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the best antidote to narrow thinking. has that effected how you conduct yourself as a member of congress? all scientists develop, if they don t have it from early years, develop a reverence for evidence. evidence based thinking is what is sorely lacking in congress. everybody talks about partisanship. if we could agree on the facts that start arguments, we would be further along. scientist develop a reverence for evidence, they develop an ability to think statistically, they think, you know, they develop protections against the tricks, mental tricks that humans play. cognitive that s one of the things of scientists, there s a deep intellectual humility. it is provisional.