The model of science as priesthood spread globally from Britain: the Soviet Union elevated scientists to the highest rank of intellectuals; in India and China, engineers and scientists command very high prestige; but in Britain itself, scientists have never commanded the same level of prestige as other elites.
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Rupert SheldrakeEvidence Quote
“this model of scientists as priests then spread tune in the Soviet Union scientists were the highest rank of the intellectuals and all that kind of thing and so it became all over the world and who known countries like India and China engineers and scientists have very very high Prestige they're not terribly High prestige in Britain”
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