US Presidential Election 1800

John Adams said: a Jefferson presidency would mean that “murder, robbery, rape, adultery and incest will openly be taught and practiced.”

Thomas Jefferson slurred Adams as a “gross hypocrite and a hermaphrodite.”

What can science centres do?

• Support schools to help young people to navigate the online world and validate information

• Focus on communicating general scientific process and thinking that can be applied across topics

• Rounded approach to promote science’s place in human culture (part of, but not leading policy)