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Every religion, ideology, and creed has its shadow, and no matter you should acknowledge your shadow and
which creed
you follow
avoid the naive reassurance that "it cannot happen to us." Secular
science has at least one big advantage over most traditional religionsnamely, that it is not inherently terrified of its shadow, and it is in
principle willing to admit its mistakes and blind spots.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
After graduating from college, I went to law school, a breeding ground for mind game practitioners and power players. Aggressive law firm job interviews and certain ex-girlfriends aside, I have to confess that I had virtually no idea about the presence of mind games and power plays in my life until my swearing in ceremony as a lawyer, where I actually got my first real education in these matters.
And so it went. Cowan found the experience distressing. “These were very provocative lessons in the interlinked aspects of science, policy, economics, the environment, even religion and morality,” says Cowan. Yet he felt incapable of giving relevant advice. Nor did the other academic types on the Science Council seem to be doing much better. How could they? These issues demanded expertise over a broad range. Yet as scientists and as administrators, most of them had spent their entire lives being specialists. The corporate culture of science demanded it.
Complexity
M. Mitchell Waldrop
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