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Soonafterwehadbothstruckoutfromshore,Istopped,findingmyfrienddidn’tfollowme.Tomyamazement,Isawnothingbuttwolittlearmsstrugglingabovethesurfaceofthewater.Idivedandpulledhimbacktotheshore.Whenherecovered,hiswarmSouthernnaturebroke.HedeclaredthatheshouldneverbehappyagainuntilheofferedmesomeservicewhichImightremembertotheendofmydays.

LittledidIthinkthenthattheopportunityofservingmewassoontocome;

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andthatbysodoinghewastoturnmyexistenceintoanewchannel.IfIhadnotdivedforProfessorPescawhenhelayunderwater,Ishouldnever,perhaps,haveheardeventhenameofthewoman,whonowdirectsthepurposeofmylife.

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D.Pescachangedtheauthor’slifecompletely.

B

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Publicdon’ttrustscientistspartlybecauseitisnotclearwhatisscienceandwhatistechnology,whatisdiscoveredandwhatismanufactured.Mostgovernments,perhapsallgovernments,provethevalueofpublicspendingonscientificresearchintermsoftheeconomicbenefitsthescientificresearchhasbroughtinthepastandwillbringinthefuture.Politiciansremindtheirvotersofthewonderfulmachinesourscientistshaveinvented,thenewdrugstorelieveolddiseases,andthenewmedicalequipmentandtechniquesbywhichpreviouslyincurableconditionsmaynowbetreatedandlivessaved.

Atthesametime,thepoliticiansdemandthatscientistssuittheirresearchtoeconomicneeds,andthattheyputinthefirstplaceresearchproposalsthatare“nearthemarket”andcanbetranslatedintothegreatestreturnintheshortesttime.Dependentonpoliticiansformuchoftheirfunding,scientistshavelittlechoicebuttoobey.Liketherestofus,theyaremembersofasocietythatvaluesthecreationofwealth.Manyhavedifferentopinions,butkeepthemtothemselves.

Insuchcircumstancesnooneshouldbetoohardonpeoplewhoaredoubtfulaboutconflictsofinterest.Whenwelearnthatthedistinguishedprofessortryingtoconvinceusofthesafetyofaparticularproductisaconsultant（顾问）ofthecompanymakingit,wecannotbeblamedforwonderingwhetherthemoneyhereceivesfromthecompanymightcloudhisprofessionaljudgment.Eveniftheprofessorholdsnoconsultancywithanyfirm,somepeoplemaystilldistrusthimbecauseofhisassociationwiththosewhodo,oratleastwonderaboutthesourceofsomeofhisresearchfunding.

Thisattitudecanhavedamagingeffects.Itquestionsthehonestyofindividualsworkinginaprofessionthatthinksintellectualhonestyisthemostimportant.Thismakesiteasiertodistrustallscientificstatements,especiallythosemadebythescientistswhopresentthemselvesasexperts.Thescientistmostlikelytounderstandthesafetyofanuclearreactor,forexample,isanuclearengineer,andanuclearengineerismostlylikelytobeemployedbythenuclearindustry.Ifanuclearengineerdeclaresthatareactorisunsafe,webelievehim,becauseclearlyitisnottohisadvantagetolieaboutit.Ifhetellsusitissafe,ontheotherhand,wedistrusthim,becausehemaywellbeprotectingtheemployerwhopayshissalary.

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Obviouslyyourmomhaditrightwhenshethreatenedtowashyourmouthoutwithsoapifyoutalkeddirty.Lyingreallydoescreateadesiretocleanthe“dirty”bodypart,accordingtoastudybyUniversityofMichigan.

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