Bad science and bad religion simply swap roles, the former proclaiming Truth, the latter worshiping Doubt

Bad science and bad religion simply swap roles, the former proclaiming Truth, the latter worshiping Doubt

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.

If I could remember the names of all these particles I'd be a
botanist.

If I could remember the names of all these particles I'd be a
botanist.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork read more

If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.

Art is meant to upset people, science reassures them.

Art is meant to upset people, science reassures them.

In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea read more

In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs

How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.

How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.

My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to read more

My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to understand more deeply the harmony of the Universe which we try to formulate as "laws of nature