You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. -Carl Sagan.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. -Carl Sagan.
All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and
childlike--and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and
childlike--and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
'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.
For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If read more
For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork. - When Things Start to Think, 1999.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal read more
It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.
It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the read more
It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the measure of what nature can and knows how to do, since, when one comes down to it, there is not one effect in nature, no matter how small, that even the most speculative minds can fully understand. -Galileo Galilei.
We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.
We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.
