Monday, March 31, 2008

Quote


"What's the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if in the end all we're willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true?"

-- F. Sherwood Rowland, whose theory that the introduction of huge quantities of chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere would reduce the ozone layer around Earth was dismissed by industry as "merely theories."

2 comments:

Dano said...

"What's the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if in the end all we're willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true?"

Corollary: "where's the leadership?" -- Dano

Best,

D

MT said...

But seriously, what'd he expect with a name like "Sherwood"? Dweeb alert! Joke's on him, eh?