Ethics And Science Quotes

“Educated on the streets, enlightened in the soil, my role on earth is to inject the brains with humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Science doesn't make someone a better person, if it did, no physicist would help develop nuclear weapons, or no biologist would help develop biological weapons.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Science without accountability is no different from a conspiracy theory.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“Science 'n society go together, can't have one without the other. Where there is love for science, there is love for society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“Ethics & Prototypes (The Sonnet)

Take morality out of science and,
All you've left is one big conspiracy theory.
Abundance of facts doesn't make something right,
If it has no regard for the supreme fact of humanity.
Just because we can innovate, doesn't mean we should,
Science can no more be measured by the query of could.
In future we'll be able to pre-edit a newborn baby,
But just because we could, doesn't mean we should.
Only a true scientist will realize the truth in this,
A mind that can look past the pomp into the purpose,
While counterfeit tech giants try to turn the world,
Into a giant lifeless robot made of bolts and nuts.
So better keep radical designs hidden from public eyes.
Some prototypes must never ever be commercialized.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“More to Technology (The Sonnet)

Some prototypes must never be commercialized,
Not till we learn to look beyond monetary value.
Write some fiction instead without revealing schematics,
If you want the possibility to survive through.
Technology is a stupidly predictable phenomenon,
What one person can imagine another can rig together.
All it takes is an infinite supply of persistence,
Voila - fiction of today turns reality centuries later!
So I say again, ask the question of "should" not "could",
If you want some tech to bring light not silent regress.
Because once you put the schematics out into the world,
All your brilliance will fall short to undo the damage.
There's more to technology than startups 'n entrepreneurship.
Power without responsibility causes disparity not uplift.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“Take morality out of science and all you've left is one big conspiracy theory.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“I am not here to teach you science, I am here to point out how to use science humanely.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz

“Where there is love for science, there is love for society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“Neoliberalism has, to a great extent, succeeded in replacing in-depth, critical, and independent social science with research funded by corporations to serve corporate interests. We are seeing a sharp decline of independent writers and researchers and a sharp rise of UX (user experience) jobs that are often narrow in scope, and solely focused on understanding users not to create a more informed and critical society, but simply to increase numbers, get users to consume more, and to increase profits for the few at the top.”
― Louis Yako

“SCIENCE means Sapient Conscientious Investigation of Eternity with No Compromise on Empathy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“We Are The Scientists
(Sonnet 1214)

Justifying human rights violation as
necessary evil may be habit of politicians.
Scientists must be wiser than that, otherwise,
Science is just a weapon of mass destruction.

Scientist without humanity is anything but scientist,
Science without humanity is anything but science.
Civilized scientists work for the progress of humanity,
Primitive scientists work for the progress of science.

Progress of science is not necessarily progress of humanity,
Particularly when science advances trampling human life.
World leaders may brush off such matter as collateral,
To a scientist with spine nothing is higher than human life.

Whole world is in our care, beyond all law and politics.
We are capable, we are accountable - we are the scientists!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Whole world is in our care, beyond all law and politics. We are capable, we are accountable - we are the scientists!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“SCIENCE means Sapient, Conscientious, Infinite Exploration, Never Compromising Empathy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Focus on ethical AI, rather than smarter AI.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“The insights we can get from this unprecedented access to data can be a great thing: we can get new understanding about how our society works, and improve public health, municipal services, and consumer products. But as individuals, we aren’t just the recipients of the fruits of this data analysis: we are the data, and it is being used to make decisions about us—sometimes very consequential decisions.”
― Michael Kearns, The Ethical Algorithm: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design

“We don't need AI in every gadget, we don't need CRISPR in every baby. We don't need to abandon tech and live in caves, but that's what will happen if we keep using tech haphazardly.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“We don't need AI in every gadget, we don't need CRISPR in every baby.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“By the time I'm finished with science, science would be more service centered than religion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Ending inequality must be the first priority of innovation, not a performative afterthought.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Medicine is the most potent form of miracle, but when medicine prioritizes money over care, people flock to quacks and influencers. When science fails in service, people look up to the stars for answers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Science can produce vaccines or gas chambers, science can produce solar panels or greenhouse gases. I'm not a scientist, I'm a humanitarian scientist, science doesn't make me human, I make science human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Character Before Science (Sonnet 2905)

Science doesn't make someone a better person,
if it did, no physicist would help develop
nuclear weapons, or no biologist would
help develop biological weapons.

Science, like religion, follows the command of power,
given enough incentive 99% of the world's scientists
would gladly help wipe out half the world's population -
many have done exactly that in the past, and many continue
to do so in algorithm factories and defense industries.

Which is why, it means nothing to be a scientist,
what's needed is that a good person becomes scientist,
otherwise a scientist is of as much use to the world
as a politician, just like faith is only
as good as the person practicing it.

Quality of a person does not depend on faith,
but quality of faith depends on the person.
Character of a scientist does not depend on science,
but character of science depends on the scientist.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Character of a scientist does not depend on science, but character of science depends on the scientist.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Science can produce vaccines or gas chambers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Quality of a person does not depend on faith,
but quality of faith depends on the person.
Character of a scientist does not depend on science,
but character of science depends on the scientist.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Science doesn't make someone a better person, if it did, no physicist would help develop nuclear weapons, or no biologist would help develop biological weapons. Science, like religion, follows the command of power, given enough incentive 99% of the world's scientists would gladly help wipe out half the world's population. Which is why, what's needed is that a good person becomes scientist, otherwise a scientist is of as much use to the world as a politician.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Anybody can inspire the youth to become scientists, any trustfund white guy or even chatgpt can do that, the point of Naskar is to ignite Servant Scientists, because if a scientist does not burn with the fire of service, they are no better than religious fanatics.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“The Missing Vector (Naskaristana 2908-2909)

Science can produce vaccines or gas chambers,
religion can initiate soup kitchens or concentration camps.

Bigger than science, bigger than religion,
I'm the missing vector of the equation -
without me your sciences are just spare parts,
and your religions are just dead habits.

I'm the link between matter and mind,
I'm the life between the lines -
I'm the spark that breathes sapiens into slime,
I'm the safe space nestled in time.

I don't make wine out of water,
water is already wine when
you share it with the thirsty -

nor do I walk on water,
for I am the water,
and I take the shape of whichever
community I stand amongst.

STEM counts for nothing,
until you add the prefix of H -
without that H, it's just more dogma,
educated dogma, but dogma no less,

because guess what - Humanity's greatest
atrocities were all caused by educated people.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“STEM counts for nothing, until you add the prefix of H - without that H, it's just more dogma, educated dogma, but dogma no less, because guess what - Humanity's greatest atrocities were all caused by educated people.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth