Carl SaganWe've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster.
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Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, was not happy with the way society was getting along. He knew that if science were given the ability to make more bombs, it might very well be used to destroy us. So, he built a wall around himself and his friends to protect them from the effects of science. Sadly, with one short quote, he summed up how people think today.
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