ABSTRACT
My argument for freedom in science bears a close resemblance to the classical doctrine of economic individualism. The scientists of the world are viewed as a team setting out to explore the existing openings for discovery and it is claimed that their efforts will be efficiently co-ordinated if—and only if—each is left to follow his own inclinations. 1 This statement is very similar to Adam Smith's claim with regard to a team of business men, drawing on the same market of productive resources for the purpose of satisfying different parts of the same system of demand. Their efforts—he said—would be co-ordinated, as by an invisible hand, to the most economical utilization of the available resources.
