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I have suggested that scientific progress requires a favorable environment.

Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research.

I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it.

Science and the many benefits that science has produced have played a crucial part in our history and produced vast improvements to human welfare.

Let us advance science to create a better world for all.

We like to believe that, in our lifetime, the human condition is improving.

The future of society is 100% dependent on scientific advances.

And, that's what I truly believe that we're doing when we're advancing scientific knowledge is we're someday making the world better. Not only for our children, but for all people after that.

I am aware of the usefulness of science to society and of the benefits society derives from it.

In particular, for younger researchers on whom the future of mankind may depend. We believe that they are working with all the scientific wisdom at their disposal for the preservation of the inheritance of the earth and for the lasting survival of mankind.