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The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control, and the more chaos is engendered.
Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point.
Religion, as it is understood in the West, does not lead toward progress, and science does not lead toward humanism.
Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.
Experimentation is the least arrogant method of gaining knowledge. The experimenter humbly asks a question of nature.
Mechanics is the paradise of the mathematical sciences because by means of it one comes to the fruits of mathematics.
If there is anything in the world which I do firmly believe in, it is the universal validity of the law of causation.
It is worth noting that the notation facilitates discovery. This, in a most wonderful way, reduces the mind's labour.
Reply when questioned on the safety of the polio vaccine he developed: It is safe, and you can't get safer than safe.
The rest of the planets have their dress and furniture, nay and their inhabitants too, as well as this Earth of ours.
It is a most gratifying sign of the rapid progress of our time that our best text-books become antiquated so quickly.
HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation.
That is how the atom is split. But what does it mean ? To us who think in terms of practical use it means - Nothing !
My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything.
Philosophy became a gloomy science, in the labyrinth of which people vainly tried to find the exit, called The Truth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken..."
An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water.
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
Originally a pupil of Liebig, I became a pupil of Dumas, Gerhardt and Williamson: I no longer belonged to any school.
I have procured air [oxygen] ... between five and six times as good as the best common air that I have ever met with.
The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.
Will America lead...and reap the rewards? Or will we surrender that advantage to other countries with clearer vision?
It is unnatural in a large field to have only one shaft of wheat, and in the infinite Universe only one living world.
Mind and intelligence are woven into the fabric of our universe in a way that altogether surpasses our understanding.
The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers.
Science and mindfulness complement each other in helping people to eat well and maintain their health and well-being.
Women and egoistic artists entertain a feeling towards science that is something composed of envy and sentimentality.
Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have immaterial souls.
The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete in the urban compound.
Every good mathematician is at least half a philosopher, and every good philosopher is at least half a mathematician.
I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.
As chairman of the Senate subcommittee responsible for NASA appropriations, I say not a penny for this nutty fantasy.
I think that the discovery of antimatter was perhaps the biggest jump of all the big jumps in physics in our century.
I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'
Photons are accurately and legitimately described as waves and particles at the same time. They are genuine wavicles.
Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
Science is a good thing. News reporters are good things too. But it's never a good idea to put them in the same room.
It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.
I love science, and I believe in it. I have a faith that science can solve problems and make the world a better place.
The function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself.
There is no branch of mathematics, however abstract, which may not some day be applied to phenomena of the real world.
Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.
The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.
Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no human can hasten or retard.
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.
Truly I say to you, a single number has more genuine and permanent value than an expensive library full of hypotheses.
American archaeology has always attracted lots of amateurs ... They were digging up Indian pottery all over the place.
All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial.
Scientific theories tell us what is possible; myths tell us what is desirable. Both are needed to guide proper action.
The progress of mankind is due exclusively to the progress of natural sciences, not to morals, religion or philosophy.