" As Wilson noted, science, like art, is a cultural expression that makes a nation worth defending. Like great art and great music, its true value lies in exploring the unknown. Today, the opposite argument, the commoditization of science, is virtually the only one heard. It has metastasized from the smaller-minded appeals of the Cold War to all of human learning and higher education. Education and knowledge are no longer values of truth and beauty that make life worth living—they are reduced to an economic means to the ends of greater pay and more consumption. "

― Shawn Lawrence Otto , The War on Science: Who's Waging It, Why It Matters, What We Can Do About It