"Procrustes in modern dress, the nuclear scientist will prepare the bed on which mankind must lie; and if mankind doesnâ€™t fitâ€”well, that will be just too bad for mankind. There will have to be some stretching and a bit of amputationâ€”the same sort of stretching and amputations as have been going on ever since applied science really got going into its stride, only this time they will be a good deal more drastic than in the past. These far from painless operations will be directed by highly centralized totalitarian governments."

-- Aldous Huxley

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