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Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions
Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
- Sir Humphrey Davy,
There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
- Sir Humphrey Davy,
The essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are
on the way to a pertinent answer.
The essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are
on the way to a pertinent answer.
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his read more
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.
What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.
What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.
Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.
Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.
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.