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A New Sense Of Shared International Responsibility Is Unmistakable In The Voices Of The United Nations And Its Agencies, And In The Civil Society Of Thousands Of Supra-national Ngos.

Our Assessment Of Socio-economic Worth Is Largely A Sham. We Scientists Should Not Lend Ourselves To It - Though We Routinely Do. We Should, Instead, Insist On Applying The Criterion Of Quality.

Today, Academies Of Science Use Their Influence Around The World In Support Of Human Rights.

Individual Scientists Like Myself - And Many More Conspicuous - Pointed To The Dangers Of Radioactive Fallout Over Canada If We Were To Launch Nuclear Weapons To Intercept Incoming Bombers.

It Is Folly To Use As One's Guide In The Selection Of Fundamental Science The Criterion Of Utility. Not Because (scientists)... Despise Utility. But Because. .. Useful Outcomes Are Best Identified After The Making Of Discoveries, Rather Than Before.