John Charles Polanyi

It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit; it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#commonality #experience #humane #makes #most

Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#coerce #derives #knowledge #others #power

Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#claims #gives #never #science #searching

Scientia is knowledge. It is only in the popular mind that it is equated with facts. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#facts #knowledge #mind #only #popular

Scientists and scholars should constitute themselves as an international NGO of exceptional authority. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#demand #discover #dreamers #good #only

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#applause #audience #celebration #constitutes #delight