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    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

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If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the
art of the soluble. Both are immensely read more

If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the
art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs.

by Peter B. Medawar Found in: Science Quotes,
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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 read more

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.

by Dr. Carl Sagan Found in: Science Quotes,
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If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork read more

If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.

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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

by Dr. Carl Sagan Found in: Science Quotes,
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Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they
were truly religious men because of their faith read more

Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they
were truly religious men because of their faith in the
orderliness of the universe.

by Sir Humphrey Davy Found in: Science Quotes,
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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.

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There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the aperture to finding out what's read more

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a self-correcting process. To be accepted, new ideas must survive the most rigorous standards of evidence and scrutiny.

by Dr. Carl Sagan Found in: Science Quotes,
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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

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Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

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