So this piece from the Independent is about the stupid comments public figures make regarding science. As a science news junkie and a wanta-be biologist, I really don’t care about what celebrities have to say about science unless they are doing a science documentary. I care more about politicians who write and enact policy. We have seen over the last eight years what sort of harm that can do. Obama’s comments about the link between autism and vaccines not withstanding, his choices in the science advisors are awesome.