NICE-National Institute of Coordinated Experiments

摘要

C S Lewis's fantasy book That Hideous Strength, published in 1945, centres on a controversial scientific and medical organisation called NICE, which promised to transform the wellbeing of people in Britain. Lewis's NICE-the National Institute of Coordinated Experiments-emphasised its independence from the British parliament.lt had some boffins running the show thinklng they knew best for the general population. Its workings were secretive, yet it asked the general public to trust it. It also bypassed all the "red tape" problems that had previously prevented clear, national decision making.