A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who have been there a long time understand are important but they may not know how to talk about them. It's often called the culture of the organization.
Just because scientists have the knowledge to do it the technology to do it and some may even have a financial motive or other incentive to do it does not make it right.
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We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.
