Gagliano spoke at Dartmouth in early 2020, about humbling ourselves as humans: “We are the new kids on the block. Traditionally, you should pay respect to the elders,” by which she meant bacteria, fungi, and plants. She called the view of humanity at the top of an evolutionary chain “arrogant” and “juvenile.” “Who said that science is the only way of knowing? As a scientist, I love science,” Gagliano said at Dartmouth. “I think it’s a beautiful way to describe the world. But it is not the only way.”
