“The scientific illiteracy of politicians, their simple lack of `feel’ for
what science is and what it can do, prevents them from exploring the deeper
questions . . . how can science be conducted so that . . . the thinkers have the
freedom to think, for that is the sine qua non; and how . . . can the
products of unfettered thought be harnessed for the needs of society?” No
changes there, then, since 1985. You’ll find this quote from New
Scientist and more in Scientifically Speaking, edited by Carl
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