"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, Canadian Scientist

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"Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge."

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