I would emphasize the fact that scientific discovery is, per se, neither good nor bad. It simply produces knowledge and with knowledge, opportunity and responsibility. I think it fair to say that the advance of science carries with it powerful demands on morality if the results are to be beneficial rather than harmful.


A Scientist Speaks: Excerpts from Addresses by Karl Taylor Compton, During the Years 1930-1949 (p. 5), Undergraduate Association, MIT. 1955

Karl Taylor Compton Quotes

I would emphasize the fact that scientific discovery is, per se, neither good nor bad. It simply produces knowledge and with knowledge, opportunity...

I would emphasize the fact that scientific discovery is, per se, neither good nor bad. It simply produces knowledge and with knowledge, opportunity...

I would emphasize the fact that scientific discovery is, per se, neither good nor bad. It simply produces knowledge and with knowledge, opportunity...

I would emphasize the fact that scientific discovery is, per se, neither good nor bad. It simply produces knowledge and with knowledge, opportunity...