How Science Affects the Average Person
Science affects the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its application driving a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn vehicle, being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a witch, and being killed with an automatic pistol or shell in place of a dagger or a battle-axe.
J.B.S. Haldane, The Scientific Point of View (1987-01-01)
Notes
In more convenient ways of life, staying alive, and dying.
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- science 74%
- health and fitness disease aids and hiv 27%
- society sex 22%