I work in natural science and have fled a very repressive state, where I grew up. In my experience a lot of scientists who grew up and live in more open and lib

I work in natural science and have fled a very repressive state, where I grew up. In my experience a lot of scientists who grew up and live in more open and liberal societies are incredibly naive when it comes to authoritarianism and politics in general. The worst we can do is listen to these people's opinions regarding geopolitics, it plays right in the hands of evil regimes. Listening to some of my colleagues explaining the world to me often reminds me of the 'Actors Guild' in Team America. That's exaggerating a bit of course, but you may get my point. They have no idea what they're saying, they are a danger to society and themselves when it comes to this topic. There worst part is many are otherwise genuinely smart people and are of course convinced they can't be wrong. And the general public tends to listen to them because they're respected in their fields and have won awards. Add to that a good dose of Western arrogance, it's a recipe for disaster.