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29. Jul 2026|16:54 |
> Grafēna recepte, jauno pretvēža preparātu sintēzes
"It is part of an answer to say that a question is important. I am considered by your rulers a valuable piece of property. They should ask whether my value is as great as it seems.
They should ask whether my answering questions will do good or harm."
"Which is it?"
"Harm, great harm."
Siebling was staggered. He said, "But if you answer truthfully—"
The process of coming at the truth is as precious as the final truth itself. I cheat you of that. I give your people the truth, but not all of it, for they do not know how to attain it of themselves. It would be better if they learned that, at the expense of making many errors."
"I don't agree with that."
"A scientist asks me what goes on within a cell, and I tell him. But if he had studied the cell himself, even though the study required many years, he would have ended not only with this knowledge, but with much other knowledge, of things he does not even suspect to be related. He would have acquired many new processes of investigation."
// The Sack, William Morrison, 1950 |
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