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Progress results from human actions - actions which throw up problems at the same time as they contribute solutions. Indeed, it is only through the creative process of problem-solving and identifying new problems that the dynamic of progress unfolds.
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Elites need science, but they are nervous about its associations with progress. Science is central to society, and its advance is an important goal for all governments. Yet it is profoundly alienated from the imagination of society.
Teachers need to read this book carefully, and understand the correct aims of science, and to try to fire the imagination of students, the future leaders of society.