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"To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain technical matters."
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"Superficial people consider themselves capable of doing everything. The question, however, is who is willing to hire them?"
"Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
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