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.
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No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single
experiment can prove me wrong.
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single
experiment can prove me wrong.
Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought
Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought
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.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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.
The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday, not tomorrow. It's like driving read more
The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday, not tomorrow. It's like driving a car using a rearview mirror.
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.
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.
