What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.

What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary read more

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in, instead

Predictability: Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil
set off a tornado in Texas?

Predictability: Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil
set off a tornado in Texas?

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 good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

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.

Science cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts.

Science cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.