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I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.
I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.
There is only one nature--the division into science and
engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, read more
There is only one nature--the division into science and
engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed,
the division is a human failure; it reflects our limited capacity
to comprehend the whole.
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
Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.
Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.
If I could remember the names of all these particles I'd be a
botanist.
If I could remember the names of all these particles I'd be a
botanist.
Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.
Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.
How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.
How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that read more
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.
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.
