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The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. read more
Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.
In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." read more
In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.
Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same read more
Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe. -Alan Watts.
It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be read more
It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his read more
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one read more
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Men have become the tools of their tools.
Men have become the tools of their tools.
The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could charge you two hundred and read more
The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could charge you two hundred and forty-nine dollars for the right to speak it.
