Another historian of science, C. Gillispie, was concerned about this question for different reasons--seeing that those non-Western peoples who had not come under the influence of Christianity could have been left with no sense of responsibility to humanity. He was now afraid that as soon as they got hold of Western science and technology the consequences would be unimaginable: "If the Chinese start brandishing bombs, then what?"
而科學史家 C.Gillispie 更憂心忡忡，深怕未受基督教文明洗禮的非西方人，生長於對人類沒有高度責任感的文化環境中，一旦佔用了西方的科學與技術，後果不堪設想，「要是中國人揮舞著炸彈，我們的日子要怎麼過？」