Gerard • The Role of Pure Science 



atry is finding the hidden springs of 

 behavior and modifying their flow. 

 Men will probably always want more 

 than their share, but it may be that it 

 will not always be of the same things. 

 The mass desideratum now is money, 

 vet large groups of men have com- 

 pletely renounced this end for another; 

 for example, fame. As man learns more 

 of himself, his neural mechanisms, the 

 hormones that modify them, the drives 

 they generate, and the personal and 



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social consequences of his acts, much 

 control will undoubtedly be possible. 

 And this knowledge will be deposited 

 only by the stream of science. I am 

 perhaps not overly guileless in believ- 

 ing that reason will sufficiently domi- 

 nate emotion to keep a functioning 

 civilization from perishing. Some emo- 

 tion is needed, but the future of so- 

 ciety is a direct challenge to the 

 cerebrum of man and to its tool for ra- 

 tional advance— Pure Science. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What is Dr. Conklin's definition of 

 Science? Do you agree with it? 



2. What is a good distinction between 

 applied science and pure science? 



3. Which type of education does Dr. 

 Gerard fa\or — vocational or avoca- 

 tional? Why? 



4. What are some of the earmarks of in- 

 telligent behavior? 



5. What does Dr. Gerard mean when he 

 says that science has made progress in 



clearing the pea-soup fog of the 

 past? 



6. What are the steps in the scientific 

 method? 



7. Does science eliminate ethics? Ex- 

 plain. 



8. Can a man (or woman) know the 

 facts, theories and techniques of a 

 science and not be a scientist? If so, 

 what do these people lack? 



9. Can the scientific method aid in the 

 solution of our social problems? 



