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Let us imagine a visit to a modern industrial establishment, say a great refinery. As we walk around in its vastness, through all its fantastic complexity, we might well wonder how it was possible for the human mind to conceive such a thing. What an immensity of knowledge, ingenuity and experience is here incarnate in equipment. How is it possible? The answer is that it did not spring ready-made out of any person's mind- it came by a process of evolution. It started quite simply, then this was added and that was modified, and so the whole thing became more and more complexity of the arrangements that allow crude oil to flow into the refinery and ensure that a multitude of consignments of refined products, properly prepared, packed and labeled, reaches innumerable consumers through a most elaborate distribution system. All this we cannot see. Now can we see the intellectual achievements behind the planning, the organizing, the financing and marketing. Least of all can we see the great educational background which is the precondition of all, extending from primary schools to universities and specialized research establishments, and without which nothing of what we actually see would be there.

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Let us imagine a visit to a modern industrial establishment, say a great refinery. As we walk around in its vastness, through all its fantastic complexity, we might well wonder how it was possible for the human mind to conceive such a thing. What an immensity of knowledge, ingenuity and experience is here incarnate in equipment. How is it possible? The answer is that it did not spring ready-made out of any person's mind- it came by a process of evolution. It started quite simply, then this was added and that was modified, and so the whole thing became more and more complexity of the arrangements that allow crude oil to flow into the refinery and ensure that a multitude of consignments of refined products, properly prepared, packed and labeled, reaches innumerable consumers through a most elaborate distribution system. All this we cannot see. Now can we see the intellectual achievements behind the planning, the organizing, the financing and marketing. Least of all can we see the great educational background which is the precondition of all, extending from primary schools to universities and specialized research establishments, and without which nothing of what we actually see would be there.

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Source Journal	Agham Mindanaw
Journal Volume	Agham Mindanaw Vol. 1
Authors	Bienvenido F. Nebres
Page Count	2
Place of Publication	Davao City
Original Publication Date	January 1, 2003
Tags	Remnants of a Science Culture, Science Culture

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