“That might be, but that’s exactly where betrayal of human values begins: when the approach to science is merely scientific.” ScienceHumanityHuman ValuesThe GaspBetrayal Of Values Book:The Gasp Source: The Gasp
“Could you let me hear more, without the usual scientific jargon? All this talk of ‘antigravity’ and ‘antimatter’ sounds like scientists’ covering up a big, dark, uncomfortable gaping hole in their knowledge and understanding.” ScienceKnowledgeScientistsTrue KnowledgeThe GaspCoverupKnowledge Gaps Book:The Gasp Source: The Gasp
“Yet the only answer to science was more science. Neither was there a lack of clever rationalizations. The ethical way out of scientists who had built the “ultimate” nuclear weapon was that it would make war impossible. The Cercle Érasme had a similar purpose in mind: They were set on taking the power-mad giants even farther in the same direction.” ScienceDestructionNuclear WeaponsWarsThe GaspHuman KindScientific Doom Book:The Gasp Source: The Gasp
“It’s too pragmatic for me,” Valenti said. “The know-how is good enough for technology, not for science.” ScienceTechnologyKnow HowScience And TechnologyPragmatismThe Gasp Book:The Gasp Source: The Gasp
“He was to tell André Malraux later: “Clemeneau used to say: ‘War is a much too serious business to be left to the military.’ And look what happened to Communism when the Communists got hold of it or to the Catholic Church in the hands of the clergy. We are rapidly approaching a point when it will no longer be possible to trust scientists with science.” ScienceChurchCommunismIronyClergyScientistsThe GaspCommunistsCannot Be Trusted Book:The Gasp Source: The Gasp
