"It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit; it acknowledges the commonality of people’s experience."
― John Charles Polanyi
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― John Charles Polanyi
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- "Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge."
- "Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey."
- "Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren’t thinking about the passport that they will hold, but the country that they must rely on for support and encouragement."
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