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title: "8 Fear Science Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Fear Science quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Fear Science sayings and thoughts."
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> [I hate and fear 'science' because of my conviction that, for long to come if not for ever, it will be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gissing/i-hate-and-fear-science-because-of-my-conviction-that-for-long-to/)

[George Gissing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gissing/)

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> [Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-inhofe/much-of-the-debate-over-global-warming-is-predicated-on-fear-rather/)

[James Inhofe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-inhofe/)

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> ['Frankenstein' did not invent the fear of science; the novel found its audience because it dramatized anxieties that already existed. Although popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-postrel/frankenstein-did-not-invent-the-fear-of-science-the-novel-found-its/)

[Virginia Postrel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-postrel/)

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> [I think today the church faces a very real challenge in not repeating the errors of the past, in sort of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/i-think-today-the-church-faces-a-very-real-challenge-in-not-repeating/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

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> [When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-charles-polanyi/when-as-we-must-often-do-we-fear-science-we-really-fear-ourselves/)

[John Charles Polanyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-charles-polanyi/)

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> [When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves. Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-charles-polanyi/when-as-we-must-often-do-we-fear-science-we-really-fear-ourselves-2/)

[John Charles Polanyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-charles-polanyi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/john-charles-polanyi-14475_dignity_when-as-we-must-often-do-we-fear-science_2341054.png)

> [Now, there is always a tremendous fear of science and progressing forward into areas of the unknown and it is a valid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-nolte/now-there-is-always-a-tremendous-fear-of-science-and-progressing/)

[Nick Nolte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-nolte/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fa/nick-nolte-4449_areas_now-there-is-always-a-tremendous-fear-of_2704632.png)

> [I am compelled to fear that science will be used to promote the power of dominant groups rather than to make men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-am-compelled-to-fear-that-science-will-be-used-to-promote-the-power/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fc/bertrand-russell-69_compelled_i-am-compelled-to-fear-that-science-will_2907524.jpg)

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