No matter if he does not understand them and cannot improve them: the scientific man and the scientific engineer will take care of the progress of science and industry.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “No matter if he does not understand them and cannot improve them: the scientific man and the scientific engineer will…”
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Kropotkin asserts that workers do not need to understand the machines they use, as scientists and engineers are responsible for progress.
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