“Outside his own ever-narrowing field of specialization, a scientist is a layman. What members of an academy of science have in common is a certain form of semiparasitic living.” FormCertainCommonFieldsMembersScientistAcademySpecializationLayman Book:Voices in the labyrinth: nature, man, and science Source: Voices in the labyrinth: nature, man, and science
“We manipulate nature as if we were stuffing an Alsatian goose. We create new forms of energy; we make new elements; we kill crops; we wash brains. I can hear them in the dark sharpening their lasers.” IfsI CanFormEnergyDarkBrainElementsManipulateCropsGeeseLasersSharpening Book:Voices in the labyrinth: nature, man, and science Source: Voices in the labyrinth: nature, man, and science
“You can stop splitting the atom; you can stop visiting the moon; you can stop using aerosols; you may even decide not to kill entire populations by the use of a few bombs. But you cannot recall a new form of life.” LifeMayUseFormScienceMoonPopulationBombsAtomsRecallsVisitingSplittingSplitting The Atom Book:Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature Source: Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature
