Slow Science is part of the broader Slow Movement. It is based on the belief that science should be a slow, steady, methodical process, and that scientists should not be expected to provide "quick fixes" to society's problems. Slow Science supports curiosity-driven scientific research and opposes performance targets.
Famous quotes containing the words slow and/or science:
“The poor live slow and hard; the rich, fast and easy. The rest of us shuffle along as we may.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them.”
—Chauncey Wright (1830–1875)