The science of social adjustment / by Sir Josiah Stamp.

  • Stamp, Josiah, Sir, 1880-1941.
Date:
1937
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The science of social adjustment / by Sir Josiah Stamp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    deal with social consequences is made, we quickly find ourselves either in the field of larger politics debating the merits of the three prevalent forms of State govern¬ ment, or else performing miracles with fancy currencies and their blue prints reminiscent of the chemical engineer. Mr. Julian Huxley has remarked that “ scientists, with a few exceptions, are not aware of the fact that they are biased, and would be indignant if you told them that they were. And, of course, when people get indignant about anything, it is generally a sign that they have not thought scientifically on the subject.” ^ At the opposite extreme, may I quote a Mormon leader : “A good gatherer of scientific fact may be an extremely poor philosopher. The discoverer of a new land cannot always visualize the future of the new country. Nevertheless, a man who has been success¬ ful in gathering new knowledge usually feels authorized to set himself up as an interpreter of that knowledge. This often leads to real mischief.” ^ Human Aspects of Changing Industry There are, however, some essential features of the impact which must be dealt with under any form of society and government, and with any machinery for regulating values. They involve man’s abilities, his affections, and his tools, all of which have been brusquely treated in the past, and might be scientific¬ ally treated in the future. An industrial civilization without any division, and, therefore, specialization, of labour, and without tools and capital instruments, is 1 Scientific liesearrh and Social Needs, p. 32. - Elder John A. Widtsoc, In Search of Truth.