Though We Explore In A Culturally-conditioned Way,

Young People Ask Me If This Country Is Serious About Science. They Aren't Thinking About The Passport That They Will Hold, But The Country That They Must Rely On For Support And Encouragement.

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.

The Respect For Human Rights, Essential If We Are To Use Technology Wisely, Is Not Something Alien That Must Be Grafted Onto Science. On The Contrary, It Is Integral To Science, As Also To Scholarship In General.

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.

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.