Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Wittgenstein on Science and Technology





It is not absurd to believe that the age of science and technology is the beginning of the end for humanity ; that the idea of great progess is a delusion, along with the idea that the truth will ultimately be known ;  that there is nothing good or desirable about scientific knowledge and that mankind, in seeking it, is falling into a trap.  

 -  Wittgenstein,   'Culture and Value'


2 comments:

  1. Hi, it's Sophie - I met you tonight at Biddle Brothers - you are wonderfully educative and entertaining. Please contact me Sophiehiggins@hotmail.co.uk x

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  2. Something similar to this here: "the invention of the ship is the invention of the shipwreck." Paul Virilio.

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