SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
SIR J. JEANS ON PHYSICS. [BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —OOPYBIGHT.] LONDON, September 4. Sir James Jeans, in his presidential address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, said: — The old Physics showed us a universe resembling a prison. The new Physics shows iis a universe which, though its inner doors may be locked, at least gives us freedom to live lives of emotion, intellect and endeavour; and even freedom to mould events. I agree that man’s control of nature has outdistanced man’s control of himself. This may wreck civilisation, but our only hope lies in more science. I would like to see a new morality, even a religion, consistent with new pyschological knowledge; scientific measures as to eugenics and birth control, and scientific research into agriculture and industry, enabling a larger population to live in the same limited areas. We may hope in such way to restrain the pressure of population and also the urge for expansion which is most likely to cause war. We must also do our utmost to achieve a balance between the discovery of labour-saving inventions and the creation of new industries to absorb the displaced labour.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 September 1934, Page 7
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