"Genetics After Auschwitz" by David Suzuki

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"The past must be recollected and remembered before it can be evaluated."

The point of David Suzuki's lecture is not to accuse scientists  of unethical studies, or indict our current scientists if doing the same thing. He is simply trying to improve the relationship between "science and society." He thinks the best guide to that "is history."

Comments

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Not being a scientist myself I don't know the answer to that, but I would assume one of two things as the answer. One, they do ignore the past in the hopes of being the next Einstein and having their name known world wide for their discovery, potentially putting themselves or others at risk. The other option is they realize what they are doing is a huge mistake and stop. The thing with the latter is that you never heard of the scientist who ALMOST made the discovery of a lifetime, or about the doctor who ALMOST discovered a miracle drug, you hear about the person who did make the discovery. I think this is a huge motivator in people not wanting to obey the rules when it comes to science. Who knows, if the Nazis has won the war, perhaps we would be reading essays from Mengles right now instead of Suzuki.