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Ricardo Galvão

19 quotes

“...My time as director of INPE was extremely important to me, including for increasing my own knowledge about other areas of science.”
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“The Bolsonaro government had no idea what its attack on INPE data would mean in the international context.”
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“...I said that INPE was a highly respected institution, that I had a name as a scientist and there was no way I was going let that go.”
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“...Outside Brazil, INPE’s reputation for excellence is well established.”
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“...To say to a scientist that your data is lying could mean the end of a career. And the data weren’t mine, but from my colleagues at INPE.”
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“Principalmente quando ele tem essas entrevistas com a imprensa ou mesmo em outras manifestações, ele tem um comportamento como se estivesse em botequim. [...] Ou seja, ele fez acusações indevidas a pessoas do mais alto nível da ciência brasileira, não estou dizendo só eu, mas muitas outras pessoa... Isso é uma piada de um garoto de 14 anos que não cabe a um presidente da república fazer.”
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“Qualquer dirigente de um país tem que entender que, quando se trata de questões científicas, não existe autoridade acima da soberania da ciência. Nem militar, nem política, nem religiosa. [...] Desrespeitoso foi o presidente da República com a ciência brasileira. Ele falou categoricamente que os dados do Inpe são mentirosos. Ele está acusando todos os cientistas do Inpe de terem cometido crime de falsidade ideológica.”
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Also quoted by: Jair Bolsonaro (pt)
“Aquilo foi um soco direto na minha alma de cientista.”
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“...I believed that I had two options. I could do nothing and write to Minister Pontes to give an explanation to the president. Or I could react.”
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“... I said that the president had adopted a weak, cowardly attitude by making a public accusation about a subject he has no qualifications to evaluate.”
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“I defended the INPE work. I knew that I would definitely be fired. But it was a successful strategy. INPE received so much media exposure that it was in an almost unassailable position.”
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“Those plans were also destroyed by the missiles of this war...”
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“Mas essa foi uma decisão que tomei porque eu sentia o meu dever de voltar para o Brasil para ajudar a ciência brasileira a crescer.”
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“...Então não seria o ataque de um presidente tosco e completamente ignorante que iria me fazer desistir de uma decisão de vida que eu tomei há tantos anos.”
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“Essa atração pela exploração, pelo desconhecido, para grandes viagens, grandes conquistas, sempre existiu no espírito humano, mesmo em condições muito toscas, ... muito atrasadas.”
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“Devemos sempre lutar contra os assaltos e os ataques à ciência, independentemente da nossa ideologia partidária ou política.”
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“A ciência sempre sofreu pressão de poderosos e seus resultados incomodam bastante; e as vezes em que os cientistas recuaram, não foi bom para a humanidade.”
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“The leader of any country should be aware that in scientific matters there is no authority above the sovereignty of science.”
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“Not only as a scientist but as a citizen of Brazil, I’m very concerned about the increasing rate of deforestation in the Amazon.”
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