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Linus Pauling1901–1994

Science cannot be stopped. Man will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences – and we cannot predict what they will be.

Linus Pauling on knowledge

Lecture at Yale University, “Chemical Achievement and Hope for the Future.” (October 1947) Published in Science in Progress. Sixth Series. Ed. George A. Baitsell. 100-21, (1949).

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One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.
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Information is not knowledge.
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