CUDOS
Robert. K Merton, 1942
"Science and Technology in a Democratic Order"
| Communism |
| Universalism |
| | Disinterestedness | | | | Organized Scepticism |
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C - freedom of exchange of scientific information
- U - Independent of race, color, or creed ... essentially international
- D - Honest and objective. Results not be manipulated to
serve considerations, such as personal profit or
ideology
- OS - should not be accepted on the word of authority,
the truth of any statement should finally rest on a
comparison with observed fact.