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The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking read more
The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.
Research is the act of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
Research is the act of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
What we know is not much; what we do not know is immense.
What we know is not much; what we do not know is immense.
Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.
Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.
...there is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. read more
...there is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. But the difference is that once you've made the intuitive leap you have to justify it by filling in the intermediate steps. In my case, it often happens that I have an idea, but then I try to fill in the intermediate steps and find that they don't work, so I have to give it up.
Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, we will read more
Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, we will always find that the task itself arises only when the material conditions necessary for its solution already exist or are at least in the process of formation.
Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. read more
Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. It is part and parcel of our knowledge and obscures our insight only when it holds that the understanding given by it is the only kind there is. . -C.G. Jung.
Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great
scientist. They are wrong: it is read more
Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great
scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.
If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.
