"My Third-World roots remind me that the vast majority of our fellow human beings live hungry, sick, and uneducated, and that most social scientists, even in that world, ignore that ugly reality. This is why my papers in mathematical sociology deal not with free choice among 30 flavors of ice-cream, but with social structure, social cohesion, and social marginality."

 (Mario Augusto Bunge, filosofo e fisico; Buenos Aires, 21 settembre 1919 – Montréal, 24 febbraio 2020)