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"But listen to me, because I saw it myself: science began poor. Science was broke and so it got bought. Science was scared and so did what it was told. It desig
by sanxiyn 11y ago
"But listen to me, because I saw it myself: science began poor. Science was broke and so it got bought. Science was scared and so did what it was told. It designed the gun and gave the gun to power, and power then held the gun to science's head and told it to make some more."
-- from Galileo's Dream, by Kim Stanley Robinson
- nileshtrivedi 11y agoGood oratory but why start at gun? What about swords, arrows and spears? Science by itself is neutral. The proportion of evil scientists to all scientists is about the same as evil humans to all humans.
- Zikes 11y agoAny science could be turned to evil purpose, as well. Just like open source code that gets used to create malware.
- nosuchthing 11y agoThe quote seems to be in regards to commercially funded Scientists, and the Scientific community, not the abstract concept of science itself.