"Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge."
― John Charles Polanyi
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Society
― John Charles Polanyi
More From John Charles Polanyi
- "Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things."
- "It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit; it acknowledges the commonality of people’s experience."
- "Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it."
More In Society
- "You don’t realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It’s a card you get so you can navigate society."― Adam Carolla
- "In the ideal classroom, the teacher is either spending all of their time doing deep interventions with students on a one-on-one basis or facilitating true interactivity – labs, simulations, projects."― Salman Khan
- "Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal."― Xun Zi