If Orwell were to update this piece (from 1945), he would probably note that today’s scientists are at, the service not of nationalism(s) but of globalism, that being where the money is.
(Two typos: “smell” should be “smells,” and “same” should be “sane.”)
http://plaza.ufl.edu/trishak/George%20Orwell_%20What%20is%20Science_.pdf
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