"I'm doing this on my own," he said. "I'm not a scientist, but as a rational human being who understands the value of science, this is a passion of mine. I see science as the great equalizer. Given how partisan things have become, and how dogmatic people have become in the way they view the world, we need science as a rejection of bias, of dogma, of popular opinion. Science isn't about people on one side being bad and the other side being good."