Human Dignity Is Better Served By Embracing

Today, Academies Of Science Use Their Influence Around The World In Support Of Human Rights.

A Wise Man In China Asked His Gardener To Plant A Shrub. The Gardener Objected That It Only Flowered Once In A Hundred Years. "in That Case," Said The Wise Man, "plant It Immediately." [on The Importance Of Fundamental Research.]

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.

Individual Scientists Like Myself - And Many More Conspicuous - Pointed To The Dangers Of Radioactive Fallout Over Canada If We Were To Launch Nuclear Weapons To Intercept Incoming Bombers.

Science Exists, Moreover, Only As A Journey Toward Troth. Stifle Dissent And You End That Journey.