Bad science and bad religion simply swap roles, the former proclaiming Truth, the latter worshiping Doubt

Bad science and bad religion simply swap roles, the former proclaiming Truth, the latter worshiping Doubt

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

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

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike read more

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have

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

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.

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 is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

Science is the topography of ignorance.

Science is the topography of ignorance.