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> [My Third-World roots remind me that the vast majority of our fellow human beings live hungry, sick, and uneducated, and that most social scientists, even in that world, ignore that ugly reality. This is why my papers in mathematical sociology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/my-third-world-roots-remind-me-that-the-vast-majority-of-our-fellow/)

[Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/)

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## More by Mario Bunge

> [Science is morally neutral, but social science shows us that some moral codes are better than others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/science-is-morally-neutral-but-social-science-shows-us-that-some/)

[Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/)

> [Whereas science elicits changes in order to know, technology knows in order to elicit changes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/whereas-science-elicits-changes-in-order-to-know-technology-knows-in/)

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> [We deem valuable whatever is likely to meet our needs or wishes (individual values) and whatever is likely to help protect or attain social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/we-deem-valuable-whatever-is-likely-to-meet-our-needs-or-wishes/)

[Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/)

> [A distinguished cognitive neuroscientist confessed to me that, because of his religious upbringing, he could not get rid of psychoneural dualism. The idea that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/a-distinguished-cognitive-neuroscientist-confessed-to-me-that-because/)

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> [In the scientific community you find competent teachers and original researchers, just as in the musical community you find many good performers but very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/in-the-scientific-community-you-find-competent-teachers-and-original/)

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> [Of course much remains to know, but we know how to learn: through scientific research.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/of-course-much-remains-to-know-but-we-know-how-to-learn-through/)

[Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/)

> [Most contemporary philosophers are conservative and eager to keep their jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/most-contemporary-philosophers-are-conservative-and-eager-to-keep/)

[Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/)

> [To me, work is not a burden but my main hobby. This is why I always take work with me when I go on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/to-me-work-is-not-a-burden-but-my-main-hobby-this-is-why-i-always/)

[Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/)

> [A democratic state will protect the freedom to hold any beliefs other than those that harm others, such as racism. In particular, it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/a-democratic-state-will-protect-the-freedom-to-hold-any-beliefs-other/)

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> [The motto of science is not just Pauca but rather Plurima ex paucissimis - the most out of the least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/the-motto-of-science-is-not-just-pauca-but-rather-plurima-ex/)

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> [It is scandalous the way some scientists accept uncritically some of the most ridiculous speculations, such as the plurality of worlds, the opinion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/it-is-scandalous-the-way-some-scientists-accept-uncritically-some-of/)

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> [All philosophers can do is to abstain from helping the aggressors and to enjoin social scientists to tell the truth instead of joining the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/all-philosophers-can-do-is-to-abstain-from-helping-the-aggressors-and/)

[Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/)

> [In any event, I don't believe in instant philosophy, because interesting problems take a long time to understand and work out. Just think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/in-any-event-i-don-t-believe-in-instant-philosophy-because/)

[Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/)

> [Only the stupid and the wicked can fear rational criticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/only-the-stupid-and-the-wicked-can-fear-rational-criticism/)

[Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/)

> [The fact is that all the important political philosophers and scientists from the great Aristotle on, with the exception of those of the French…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/the-fact-is-that-all-the-important-political-philosophers-and/)

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