"How Scientific Are the Social Sciences?." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 29(1), pp. 31–37 Additional informationNotes on contributorsGunnar Myrdal“… there can never be, and has never been, ‘disinterested’ research in the social field, as there can be in the natural sciences. Valuations are, in fact, determining our work even if we manage to be unaware of it. And this is true, however much the researcher is subjectively convinced that he is simply observing and recording facts.” Gunnar Myrdal is an economist at Stockholm University's Institute for International Economic Studies. His article is based on the first Gordon Alport Memorial Lecture presented at Harvard University in November 1971.