Social Scientists and Academics
- Gary Becker—Pottsville
- Julian Bond—Philadelphia
- Edwin Boring—Philadelphia
- Paul Cameron—Pittsburgh
- Henry Charles Carey—Philadelphia
- Leonard Carmichael—Philadelphia
- James McKeen Cattell—Easton
- Noam Chomsky—Philadelphia
- Randolph Cohen—Philadelphia
- Robert Costanza—Pittsburgh
- Joshua Fishman—Philadelphia
- Walter Freeman—Philadelphia
- Howard Gardner—Scranton
- Henry George—Philadelphia
- Douglas Holtz-Eakin—Pittsburgh
- Jane Jacobs—Scranton
- William Keen—Philadelphia
- Sally Kohn—Allentown
- John McWhorter—Philadelphia
- Margaret Mead—Philadelphia / Doylestown
- Robert K. Merton—Philadelphia
- Albert Jay Nock—Scranton
- Hilary Putnam—Philadelphia
- Robert Reich—Scranton
- David Riesman—Philadelphia
- Clinton Rossiter—Philadelphia
- Michael Rubin—Philadelphia
- B. F. Skinner—Susquehanna
- Walter E. Williams—Philadelphia
- Alan Wolfe—Philadelphia
- Michael Yates—Pittsburgh
- Robert Yerkes—Breadysville
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“What is done for science must also be done for art: accepting undesirable side effects for the sake of the main goal, and moreover diminishing their importance by making this main goal more magnificent. For one should reform forward, not backward: social illnesses, revolutions, are evolutions inhibited by a conserving stupidity.”
—Robert Musil (1880–1942)
“All you of Earth are idiots!... First was your firecracker, a harmless explosive. Then your hand grenade. They begin to kill your own people a few at a time. Then the bomb. Then a larger bomb, many people are killed at one time. Then your scientists stumbled upon the atom bomb—split the atom. Then the hydrogen bomb, where you actually explode the air itself.”
—Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1922–1978)
“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)