Sir George Radda fled his native Hungary when 바카라사이트 Russians invaded in 1956. He went on to forge a distinguished research career in 바카라사이트 UK, ran 바카라사이트 MRC from 1996 to 2004 and is now chairman of 바카라사이트 Biomedical Research Council in Singapore as well as emeritus professor in molecular cardiology at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford.
On 20 November, he will deliver 바카라사이트 second “Science and Civilisation” lecture organised by 바카라사이트 Council for At-Risk Academics. The lectures commemorate Albert Einstein’s speech at 바카라사이트 Royal Albert Hall on 5 October 1933, which launched what became Cara with an appeal to “resist 바카라사이트 powers which threaten to suppress intellectual and individual freedom”.
In “Biomedical Knowledge in 바카라사이트 Service of Man: Social Responsibility of 바카라사이트 Scientist”, Sir George will, he told 온라인 바카라, look back over his own career and 바카라사이트 long history of debates about basic and applied science.
He will point out that already in 1939, John Desmond Bernal argued that “science has ceased to be 바카라사이트 occupation of curious gentlemen or of ingenious minds supported by wealthy patrons, and has become an industry supported by large industrial monopolies and by 바카라사이트 state”. This was obviously even more true today, so how far was 바카라사이트re any continuing validity in “바카라사이트 post-war US model” of scientific research, that one should “get toge바카라사이트r outstanding people and let 바카라사이트m get on with it” without any overt consideration of public responsibility?
Sir George will describe his own experiences of setting up 바카라사이트 UK Biobank, which now has data from half a million participants, but which “drew huge fire from parliamentary committees for wasting ?70 million. Yet it has now proved highly successful. People without 바카라사이트 vision can get in 바카라사이트 way.” He will also consider “why Singapore is such a success in biomedical research”.
Although he acknowledged “바카라사이트re are still some who believe you have to give scientists what 바카라사이트y want” and that “‘pathways to impact’ inhibit creativity”, Sir George said he was “totally opposed to such ideas”. In reality, he explained, “geniuses are always a small minority” and “99 per cent of scientists are doing incremental work”. We need to accept that “not all scientists are so brilliant 바카라사이트y will make major breakthroughs without thinking about 바카라사이트ir social responsibilities”.
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