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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
 We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library 
filled with books in many different read more 
 We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library 
filled with books in many different languages. The child knows 
someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It 
does not understand the languages in which they are they are they 
are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the 
arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it 
seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent being 
toward God. 
 I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest 
and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.  
 I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest 
and the noblest driving force behind scientific research. 
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but read more
There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research.
 If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called 
research, would it?  
 If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called 
research, would it? 
 The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual 
flight from wonder.  
 The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual 
flight from wonder.