11/08/2005

A Quote to Ponder

"Ever since the beginning of modern science, the best minds have recognized that 'the range of acknowledged ignorance will grow with the advance of science.' Unfortunately, the popular effect of this scientific advance has been a belief, seemingly shared by many scientists, that the range of our ignorance is steadily diminishing and that we can therefore aim at more comprehensive and deliberate control of all human activities. It is for this reason that those intoxicated by the advance of knowledge so often become the enemies of freedom."

Fredrich August von Hayek

(JPN: Likewise, from the cartoon above, it appears that those left behind by the advance of knowledge also become the enemies of freedom. Maybe we are better off just staying home and watching Fear Factor...)

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