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...fact that this isn't the first of Sackler's major projects doesn't make it any less thrilling for him. "I feel like a student who's about to receive his first degree," Sackler said in an interview last week...
...think the excitement remains because each of the projects has a distinctive character of its own, even though they all are linked--they're linked in terms of my conviction that the arts, sciences, and humanities must work together," Sackler said...
...Sackler said he enjoys helping both scientific and non-scientific institutions because "I have come to the conclusion that science without humanity is cold, unscentient, technology and that technology without an understanding of social problems and the solutions to social problems can be as great a threat as technology, when used correctly, can be a promise...
With respect to the museum, Sackler's recognition was that it "would provide a wonderful environment for teaching, study, and research; for the opportunity of handling objects at close range and for the potential of seeing objects in relation to each other, both in the formal setting of an exhibition, and the informal one of a seminar room...
...Sackler especially likes helping institutions that are involved with the young. "I see the future in the hands of our young people, who must be committed to trying to understand the problems that society must address," Sackler said. "I believe that their ability to address these problems is enhanced by the recognition that primitive man was not so primitive. Physiological evolution is a very slow process, and we must not confuse technology with intelligence. The average adult caveman probably had superior reflexes and was sturdier than the average adult...