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In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea read more
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs
The science of fools with long memories.
The science of fools with long memories.
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.
Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them read more
Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all--the apathy of human beings.
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding
profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science read more
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding
profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so
called;
Which some professing have erred concerning faith. Grace be with
thee. Amen.
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his read more
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
And computers are getting smarter all the time: scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to read more
And computers are getting smarter all the time: scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to us. (By they I mean computers: I doubt scientists will ever be able to talk to us.)
It sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a great extent, by the help read more
It sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a great extent, by the help of scientific errors
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.