# To provide scientific information is not a necessarily innocent act, and may entail the… by Norbert Wiener > "To provide scientific information is not a necessarily innocent act, and may entail the gravest consequences." > **— Norbert Wiener**, *Atlantic Monthly response on controlled missiles (1946)* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Atlantic Monthly response on controlled missiles (1946).