Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)
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Author: Paul G. Hewitt
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Chapter 1, Problem 31RCQ
Bertrand Russell wrote, u I think we must retain the belief that scientific knowledge is one of the glories of man. I will not maintain that knowledge can never do harm. I think such general propositions can almost always be refuted by well-chosen examples. What I will maintain-and maintain vigorously-is that knowledge is very much more often useful than harmful and that fear of knowledge is very much more often harmful than useful." Discuss with your friends examples to support this statement.
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