Science And Technology Quotes - Page 9

• And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction.

  Lester B. Pearson

  War, Technology, Achievement

  Lester B. Pearson (1964). “The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements”, McClelland and Stewart

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• Part of what I wanted to do in my book was point out that we have almost reached the point where we can prevent a mass extinction with the science and technology we have today. We can build carbon neutral cities.

  Annalee Newitz

  Book, Technology, Mass Extinction

  Source: therumpus.net

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• We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of preeminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war.

  John F. Kennedy

  War, Ocean, Knowledge

  Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Program, delivered 12 September 1962, Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas

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• Between the poor and any appreciation for modern science stands a wall made of failed schools, defunded libraries, denied opportunities, and the systematic use of science and technology to benefit other people at their [the poor's] expense.

  John Michael Greer

  Appreciation, Wall, School

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• Transhumanism literally means "beyond human." It's using science and technology to radically change and improve the human species and experience.

  Zoltan Istvan

  Mean, Technology, Humans

  "Interview: Zoltan Istvan, Transhumanist/presidential Candidate". Interview with Dan Ammon, mcqshield.wordpress.com. January 5, 2015.

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• No society has ever yet been able to handle the temptations of technology to mastery, to waste, to exuberance, to exploration and exploitation... We have to learn to cherish this earth and cherish it as something that's fragile, that's only one, it's all we have... We have to use our scientific knowledge to correct the dangers that have come from science and technology.

  Margaret Mead

  Technology, Temptation, Mastery

  "Margaret Mead, 1901-1978: One of the Most Famous Anthropologists in the World". Voice of America Special English: "People in America" with Steve Ember and Shirley Griffith, learningenglish.voanews.com. July 1, 2011.

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• My goal is to try to tell the public that America could use more science and technology in all aspects of its life.

  Zoltan Istvan

  Technology, America, Goal

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• Kids are intimidated by the way science and technology is presented. It's made, frankly, quite boring and it becomes part of a curriculum that chases particularly women and minorities away.

  Dean Kamen

  Kids, Technology, Minorities

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. June 9, 2009.

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• The world is not bound to get better as a result of new discoveries in science and technology, nor is it bound to get worse, there will simply be new opportunities for making it better or worse.

  Brian Stableford

  Technology, Opportunity, Discovery

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