Scientists and Governments

Image result for platoImage result for wolfgang panofskyPlato wrote an entire book to argue that Philosophers would provide the best governments that societies can aspire.

However, history provides cases where this assertion is simply wrong. Thus, Wolfgang Panofsky purportedly stated that: "confidence that science can perform on command is unwarranted."

Who was right most of the time?


References

Panofsky, W. (1993) Particles and Policy. AIP

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