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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to read more
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to infinite error.
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.
O star-eyed Science, hast thou wander'd there,
To waft us home the message of despair?
O star-eyed Science, hast thou wander'd there,
To waft us home the message of despair?
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and read more
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology
It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as read more
It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.
The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline baggage.
The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline baggage.
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
empirical facts by logical deduction from read more
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of
hypotheses or axioms.
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
There is no national science just as there is no national
multiplication table; what is national is no longer read more
There is no national science just as there is no national
multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.
