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La preocupación del científico social no debe cifrarse tanto en explicar el mundo cuanto en transformarlo.
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The quote draws a contrast between explaining the world and transforming it. It says that a social scientist’s main concern should not stop at understanding how society works. That understanding should lead toward changing society. In ordinary terms, knowledge matters most when it helps improve the world it studies.
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