“Remember, Thursday, that scientific thought -- indeed, any mode of thought, whether it be religious or philosophical or anything else -- is… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“If we recognize the power of entheogenic substances to open us to the universal truth and full dimension of human experience, and… — Rick Doblin Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat. Metaphysics is like being in a dark room… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Kuna mambo yanatokea hapa ulimwenguni ambayo yanafanya nikiri uwepo wa Mungu kwa asilimia kubwa. Wanasayansi wanasema ulimwengu ulianzishwa na mlipuko wa ‘Big… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
And we should keep our minds open, or at least ajar, to concepts on the fringe of science fiction. Flaky American futurologists… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Deep learning allows you to create predictive models at a level of quality and sophistication that was previously out of reach. And… — Hilary Mason Copy Share Image
In the year 2000, the solar water heater behind me, which is being dedicated today, will still be here supplying cheap, efficient… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“The theory of evolution also had a very great effect in alienating science from religion and creating a world in which one… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
If you just have a single problem to solve, then fine, go ahead and use a neural network. But if you want… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
The irrefutable fact is that Christianity gave birth to modern science. The scientific revolution began with the Protestant Reformation and the Bible… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
Those in positions of scientific authority in the West who have collaborated with this new Lysenkoism because they felt they must be… — Peter Ferrara Copy Share Image
“We actually tried Free Will before. After taking you from hunting and gathering to the height of the Roman Empire we stepped… — Philip Dick Copy Share Image
“as I intend, you should begin to look with different eyes at your immediate surroundings, seeing not just leaves but yourself and… — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
But although in theory physicists realize that their conclusions are ... not certainly true, this ... does not really sink into their… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
“However, I have a stronger hunch that the greatest part of the important biomedical research waiting to be done is in the… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
'This is America,' my father used to say to me, 'and in this country, a smart young fellow like you can grow… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
“Each volcano is an independent machine—nay, each vent and monticule is for the time being engaged in its own peculiar business, cooking… — Clarence Edward Dutton Copy Share Image
The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of which the… — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
I loved science, and when I discovered Buddhist meditative practices and martial arts, I was able to bridge those ways of knowing… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“Sophisticated human beings were on hand to see this volcano's convulsions, they were able to investigate the event, and they were able… — Simon Winchester Copy Share Image
More-radical scholars insist that an inherent clash exists between science and our long-held conceptions about consciousness and moral agency: if you accept… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
And, to prevent mistakes, I must advertize you, that I now mean by elements, as those chymists that speak plainest do by… — Robert Boyle Copy Share Image
I once did a radio program with a famous materialist, that is to say a scientist who believed that absolutely everything was… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“Reality is incredibly larger, infinitely more exciting, than the flesh and blood vehicle we travel in here. If you read science fiction,… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
“In 1963, when I assigned the name "quark" to the fundamental constituents of the nucleon, I had the sound first, without the… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
It's a common perception that science and religion are mutually exclusive. But there are many scientists who would consider themselves to be… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
As soon as an opinion becomes common it is sufficient reason for men to abandon it and to uphold the opposite opinion… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
But carbon 13 [the carbon from corn] doesn't lie, and researchers who have compared the isotopes in the flesh or hair of… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
In the expressions we adopt to prescribe physical phenomena we necessarily hover between two extremes. We either have to choose a word… — Arthur Schuster Copy Share Image
“Based on my review of the scientific literature, I suggest that you aim for a daily carbohydrate intake target that is based… — Velopress Copy Share Image
I've been all over the world on my own because, as a scientist, you travel a great deal if your work is… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Science is very good at answering the 'how' questions. 'How did the universe evolve to the form that we see?' But it… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
“Researchers have confirmed what porn producers already know: men tend to get turned on by images depicting an environment in which sperm… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
“Eureka!"s like the one Archimedes had when he stepped in a bathtub and suddenly realized the answer to the problem of testing… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
It is not just that science and technology are possible means of great human satisfaction, as well as a matrix of complex… — Donna J. Haraway Copy Share Image
“The year that Rutherford died (1938) there disappeared forever the happy days of free scientific work which gave us such delight in… — Pyotr Kapitsa Copy Share Image
My decision to begin research in radio astronomy was influenced both by my wartime experience with electronics and antennas and by one… — Antony Hewish Copy Share Image
This speaker reminds me of my childhood in Budapest. There were gypsy magicians who came to town to entertain us children. But… — Theodore von Karman Copy Share Image