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"Please don't make the mistake of thinking that 'Oryx and Crake' is anti-science. Science is a way of..." — Margaret Atwood

Please don't make the mistake of thinking that 'Oryx and Crake' is anti-science. Science is a way of knowing, and a tool. Like all ways of knowing and tools, it can be turned to bad uses. And it can be bought and sold, and it often is. But it is not in itself bad. Like electricity, it's neutral.
Margaret Atwood
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