![]() ![]() “For instance, the scientific article may say, 'The radioactive phosphorus content of the cerebrum of the rat decreases to one- half in a period of two weeks.' Now what does that mean? What Do You Care What Other People Think? It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress which comes from a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress which is the fruit of freedom of thought, to proclaim the value of this freedom to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed and discussed and to demand this freedom as our duty to all coming generations.” If we suppress all discussion, all criticism, proclaiming “This is the answer, my friends man is saved!” we will doom humanity for a long time to the chains of authority, confined to the limits of our present imagination. This we will do if we say we have the answers now, so young and ignorant as we are. In the impetuous youth of humanity, we can make grave errors that can stunt our growth for a long time. ![]() It is our responsibility to leave the people of the future a free hand. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. ![]() “We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. ![]()
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