Assuming, then, that for the decisive reasons given 

 in the last chapter we have decided to have a world scien- 

 tific cooperation, what are the requirements for this, and 

 what would be the first tasks of a world government? I 

 think that the main requirements for a world cooperation 

 based on science are: The adoption by scientists of an un- 

 biased attitude towards nationalism; the giving by scien- 

 tists to reason the only weight in solving problems, im- 

 plying the rejection of non-communicable (subjective) 

 knowledge as a guide to action; the bearing by scientists 

 of their responsibilities in a world government, and their 

 refusal to develop further war weapons; the organization 

 of the world's leading scientists into a body to insist on the 

 formation of a world government; and the formation of 

 a world government of individuals agreeing to apply 

 scientific method to world problems, this government 

 to be empowered by all nations to handle all inter- 

 nation matters (national governments being reduced to 

 local control). The first tasks of a world government ap- 

 pear to be: The removal of national barriers to individual 

 and trade exchanges; the provision of primary power 

 sources everywhere; the world-wide establishment of medi- 

 cine; the redistribution of population; world land recla- 

 mation and use; world agriculture and oceanic ulture; the 

 distribution of foodstuffs and minerals to all people; world 

 education and world language; the opening to all of the 



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