“In any case it is not normal to put into the satisfaction of mere curiosity the amount of time and effort that scientists put into their work.”

—  Theodore Kaczynski , book Industrial Society and Its Future

"The Motives of Scientists", item 87
Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)

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