#scientists

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

— John Charles Polanyi

#demand #discover #dreamers #good #only

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

— John Charles Polanyi

#increasingly #protect #responsibility #science #scientists

Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#authority #body #distinguished #distributed #evenly

The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them in the light of their own personal judgment, are in fact co-operating as members of a closely knit organization. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#clear #closely #fact #first #first thing

Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of contractual relationships and consulting relationships with the life science companies. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#companies #consulting #contractual #especially #into

Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing. ↗

— Jan de Bont

#area #being #believe #mankind #planet

Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#classical #indian #intuitive #much #rigid

It is, I think, particularly in periods of acknowledged crisis that scientists have turned to philosophical analysis as a device for unlocking the riddles of their field. Scientists have not generally needed or wanted to be philosophers. ↗

— Thomas Kuhn

#analysis #crisis #device #field #generally

But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#arms race #both #both sides #cold #cold war