# Scientists must be free to learn, to speak and to challenge | Kirsty Duncan

An episode of [TED Talks Science and Medicine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/470623801), 16 May 2018, 14 min.

Audio: https://download.ted.com/products/106729.mp4?apikey=172BB350-0011

"You do not mess with something so fundamental, so precious, as science," says Kirsty Duncan, Canada's first Minister of Science. In a heartfelt, inspiring talk about pushing boundaries, she makes the case that researchers must be free to present uncomfortable truths and challenge the thinking of the day -- and that we all have a duty to speak up when we see science being stifled or suppressed.

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