Author: John Polanyi

Quotes

The most exciting thing in the twentieth century is science.

The most exciting thing in the twentieth century is science.

- John Polanyi

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.

- John Polanyi

Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.

Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.

- John Polanyi

When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves.

When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves.

- John Polanyi

Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.

Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.

- John Polanyi

If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience.

If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience.

- John Polanyi

Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society.

Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society.

- John Polanyi

For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom.

For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom.

- John Polanyi

It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit; it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience.

It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit; it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience.

- John Polanyi

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