Impact

The limits of science

"Professor! You are playing God!"

"I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children."

Cryptid

"Yes, these are definitely cat hairs."

"I see."

"Science says the hairs found don't come from a bear, a wolf or a fox.

"ENIGMATIC CREATURE"

Jurassic Park

"What is this chicken?"

"It's a dinosaur, Mr. Hammond."

"With feathers? Ridiculous! I want them gone in the next batch."

Serum

"We have accidentally developed this serum that can turn anyone permanently heterosexual."

"Really? Can I see?"

"Of course, there's the matter of whether it's ethical to change someone's sex orientation."

"Er... Oh, yeah... Leave the ethics to us. We are experts."

"It's made with cells from aborted fetuses."

"Oh, Lord! Why must you put us through these tests?"

Newton

"You see, Lord Cobblestone... All the bodies are attracted to each other by a force directly proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. This attraction is also true for heavenly bodies. If not for it, the moon would fly off away from Earth on a straight line. So we have... Er...

"This one."

"Yay!"

Expert opinion

"Well, doctor, what can you tell us about the possibility that this earthquake was caused deliberately using nuclear weapons?"

"Well... We have to consider that an earthquake of this magnitude releases much more energy than any known weapon. So—"

"You heard it, friends! A scientist says that superpowers have incredible powerful nukes they tell us nothing about! What else are they hiding from us?"

"Hey!"

Bomb

"The uranium atom inflates more and more as neutron after neutron enter it, until the point is reached when it goes pop. Neutros spread in every direction like buckshot and kill everyone in range."

"Are you sure? I saw a documentary short ago where a scientist explained..."

"A scientist? Why would you listen to those people? They invented the atom bomb!"

Mutual need

"Let's help each other cross the street."

Denounce

"Lies! It's all lies! Scientists are professional liars who reject my theories because they challenge the status quo they're paid to uphold! Besides, there's a scientist here who says my theories are right. You people are not doubting an academic authority, are you?"

"Hello!"