“Science wants the fruits of science, and it does not tolerate much doubt about the goodness of those fruits. … Scientists had a bad conscience about making the atom bomb, it’s fair to say, but their doubts were not prompted, still less endorsed by their science.”

—  Harvey Mansfield

How to Understand Politics: What the Humanities Can Say to Science (2007)

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