So the convention and the practice of science transmission has quite a long history; it has been motivated by aims of 'pure' enlightenment and of spreading the ..... of the scientific worldview, but probably it has always been a mixed-purpose enterprise. (*) gospel (*) gossip (*) grant (*) grasp
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://english.best/questions/8963,so-the-convention-and-the-practice-of-science-transmission-has-quite-a-long-history-it-has-been-motivated-by-aims-of-pure-enlightenment-and-of-spreading-the-___-of-the-scientific-worldview-but-probably-it-has-always-been-a-mixed-purpose-enterprise/