Science Never Promised Peace or Happiness

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Science has nothing to be ashamed of, even in the ruins of Nagasaki. – Jacob Bronnowski




Science has promised us truth – It has never promise us either peace or happiness. – Gustave le Bon



One humiliating thing about science is that it is gradually filling our homes with appliances smarter than we are. – Oskaloosa Herald



Matter – a convenient formula for describing what happens where it isn’t. – Bertrand Russell



Science can tell us means to an end, but not about what the ends should be. – Leonard Hodgson



Scientists should be on tap but not on top. – Sir Winston Churchill



When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. – Arthur C. Clarke

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