“If the entire scientific endeavor was treated like a business venture – which, to a large extent it is – it would not pass an elementary risk assessment test.” ScienceTechnologyDoomsdayExsistental Author:Yuval Kanev, Helpless Earth: Reckless Science
“If Erasmus Desiderius could talk about the current state of affairs, he would say that the secular scientific civilization is governed by the Goddess of stupidity.” ScienceTechnology Author:Yuval Kanev, Helpless Earth: Reckless Science
“I have never encountered scientists who admit the simple truth: Our scientific achievements have repeatedly jeopardized humanity.” ScienceTechnology Author:Yuval Kanev, Helpless Earth: Reckless Science
“Scientists seem to say something like this: The value of science is beyond question. That means that we have to minimize its catastrophic dangers. They somehow overlook another logical option: The value of science is irrelevant, since the dangers are far too great.” ScienceTechnologyScientists Author:Yuval Kanev, Helpless Earth: Reckless Science
“Our celebrated democratic institutions tackle the issue of hazardous science with a deafening silence. There is no such issue!” ScienceTechnologyScientists Author:Yuval Kanev, Helpless Earth: Reckless Science
“Scientific communities persistently overlooked an elementary weakness: If scientific reasoning is at issue, it cannot decide this issue.” ScienceTechnologyScientists Author:Yuval Kanev, Helpless Earth: Reckless Science