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Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.
Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.
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.
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.
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.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) read more
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny....'
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
'Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd,
That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.
'Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd,
That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish
the barriers of nationality.
[Ger., Wissenschaft read more
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish
the barriers of nationality.
[Ger., Wissenschaft und Kunst gehoren der Welt an, und vor ihhen
verschwinden die Schranken der Nationalitat.]
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.
