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The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power. And so are all advances in scientific technique.

Bertrand Russell
Power, Thinking, Technique
Bertrand Russell (2013). “Human Society in Ethics and Politics”, p.164, Routledge
The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power. And so are all advances in scientific technique.