If Science Were Communism, Was It Also

The Human Mind Evolved Always In The Company Of The Human Body, And Of The Animal Body Before It Was Human. The Intricate Connections Of Mind And Body Must Exceed Our Imagination, As From Our Point Of View We Are Peculiarly Prevented From Observing Them.

The Problem [of Specialization] Is Essentially That Of Communications To An Army In Action. After A Rapid Advance Communications Become Disorganized, And There Is A Temporary Halting Until They Are Again In Working Order.

But If Capitalism Had Built Up Science As A Productive Force, The Very Character Of The New Mode Of Production Was Serving To Make Capitalism Itself Unnecessary.

The Relevance Of Marxism To Science Is That It Removes It From Its Imagined Position Of Complete Detachment And Shows It As A Part, But A Critically Important Part, Of Economy And Social Development.

Her [rosalind Franklin] Devotion To Research Showed Itself At Its Finest In The Last Months Of Her Life. Although Stricken With An Illness Which She Knew Would Be Fatal, She Continued To Work Right Up To The End.