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    When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.

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Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no read more

Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house

by Henri Poincar Found in: Science Quotes,
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Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

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'Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd,
That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.

'Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd,
That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.

by James Beattie Found in: Science Quotes,
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A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the read more

A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Science Quotes,
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I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a read more

I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.

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To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.

To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.

by Edmund Husserl Found in: Science Quotes,
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

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If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion

If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion

by Lazarus Long Found in: Science Quotes,
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A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.

A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.

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