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...lighting for our house, we never hire a physicist to perform a complicated array of calculations; he could easily make a mistake and the house would burn down. Instead we call on an electrician who might know nothing about the scientific theory of electricity, but who has learned by custom and experience what sort of wiring works best...
...custom and experience work better than science to solve such a simple technical problem as electrical wiring, there seems little hope in using science to solve moral crises on the planetary level, such as the threat of nuclear holocaust to which Sperry returns again and again. Yet Sperry asks it to do so: "Ideologies, philosophies, religious doctrines, world models, values systems, and more will stand or fall depending on the kinds of answers that brain research eventually reveals...
Today, as one strolls along the gray slate walk ways which randomly pattern the lush green grass. Princeton seems as steeped in custom and tradition as its reputation testifies. There are lew lively protests and no noticeable banners bearing the slogans of activist groups. The campus remains stable and calm. However, the residential college system, a new drinking law, and lingering barriers apparent to minorities have yet to make their full impact on the Princeton campus. In four years the scene might be entirely different
...Jeffers expressed a degree of annoyance about the changes, citing the inconvenience of altering menus and custom...
...Good. Don't. If the prince doesn't recover, you will be asked to leave the country. It is the custom here...