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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: They will say: “We discover the laws of nature, let others apply them; it is a simple division of labour.” But such a…

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They will say: “We discover the laws of nature, let others apply them; it is a simple division of labour.” But such a rejoinder would be utterly untrue.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin challenges the notion that scientists only discover laws while others apply them, calling it misleading.

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