Actor Harrison Ford was recently honored for his lifelong global conservation work during a fundraising event in Washington, D.C. Ford was presented the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal at the gala benefiting the Smithsonian National Zoo also located in Washington.
During an interview with the Washington Post before the ceremony, Ford said growing up, he wanted to be a forest ranger but that his acting career got in the way.
Taking a more serious tone, Ford said “I’m scared to death about the denial of science”. He added, “Science is real. Science is the most real thing in our world, other than nature. I’m hoping we’ll all get back to a place where we can really understand that science is tested knowledge.”
