I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.

The problems of financing the universities and their intellectual freedom, threatened by political and bureaucratic interference, are problems which are invariant under the ism transformations: socialism, communism, capitalism, or any other ism or ology.

Axiomatization is what one does last, it's rubbish. It's the hygiene of mathematics, axiomatization.

To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain technical matters.

The only goal of science is the honour of the human spirit, and a question in number theory is worth a question concerning the system of the world.

Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the transmission of this virus by transfusions.

What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.