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SCIENCE VS HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE -- see Wiktionary "give hostage to fortune" en.wiktionary.org/wiki/give_ho; and consider whether the Nobel Prizes are good for science in "The million dollar question" (Philip Ball). Chemistry World. 1 October 2018. chemistryworld.com/features/ar

According to Francis Bacon, the Father of the Scientific Method: "He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." -- see BrainyQuote brainyquote.com/quotes/francis ; and see Wikipeida "Francis Bacon" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_

Compare: "A man who never loves gives no hostage to fortune, to paraphrase a great scientist." -- Takeshi Kovacs in "Altered Carbon," S1:E6 imdb.com/title/tt6731634/chara

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