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Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion.
Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion.
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.
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on
the human mind it has overcome man's read more
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on
the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself
and before nature.
Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science.
Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's
living at it.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's
living at it.
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.
To the natural philosopher, to whom the whole extent of nature
belongs, all the individual branches of science constitute read more
To the natural philosopher, to whom the whole extent of nature
belongs, all the individual branches of science constitute the
links of an endless chain, from which not one can be detached
without destroying the harmony of the whole.
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
empirical facts by logical deduction from read more
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of
hypotheses or axioms.
