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After Years Of Work In Both Areas Of Study, I Concluded That The Social Sciences Were Different, In Many Important Ways, From The Natural Sciences, But That The Same Scientific Methods Were Applicable In Both Areas, And, Indeed, That No Very Useful Work Could Be Done In Either Area Except By Scientific Methods.

The West Believes That Man And The Universe Are Both Complex And That The Apparently Discordant Parts Of Each Can Be Put Into A Reasonably Workable Arrangement With A Little Good Will, Patience, And Experimentation.

A Civilization Is Complicated, In The First Place, Because It Is Dynamic; That Is, It Is Constantly Changing In The Passage Of Time, Until It Has Perished.

The Very Idea That There Is Some Kind Of Conflict Between Science And Religion Is Completely Mistaken. Science Is A Method For Investigating Experience... Religion Is The Fundamental, Necessary Internalization Of Our System Of More Permanent Values.

We See That There Are Two Different Kinds Of...societies: (a) Parasitic Societies And (b) Producing Societies. The Former Are Those Which Live From Hunting, Fishing, Or Merely Gleaning. By Their Economic Activities They Do Not Increase, But Rather Decrease, The Amount Of Wealth In The World. The Second Kind Of Societies, Producing Societies, Live By Agricultural And Pastoral Activities. By These Activities They Seek To Increase The Amount Of Wealth In The World.