The odd thing is that the less practical your research is, the more theyâre afraid of youâlike abstract theories, the kind of thing Yang Dong worked on. They are more frightened of such work than you are of the universe winking at you. Thatâs why theyâre so ruthless. If killing you would solve the problem, youâd all be dead by now. But the most effective technique remains disrupting your thoughts. When a scientist dies, another will take his place. But if his thoughts are confused, then science is over.â (Page 125)
In the end I was left feeling incredibly small and rather insignificant.
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