Indiana Jones: Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right… — Jeffrey Boam Copy Share Image
Whoever wishes to acquire a deep acquaintance with Nature must observe that there are analogies which connect whole branches of science in… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
Whether we like it or not, quantification in history is here to stay for reasons which the quantifiers themselves might not actively… — J. H. Plumb Copy Share Image
The Ideas of primary Qualities of Bodies, are Resemblances of them, and their Patterns do really exist in the Bodies themselves; but… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“Was Giza the mirror of the sky? In addition, what was the number 137 purpose? The number 137 has a very amazing… — Armando Mei Copy Share Image
“Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very… — Gary Taubes Copy Share Image
Before the 1940s the terms "system" and "systems thinking" had been used by several scientists, but it was Bertalanffy's concepts of an… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
“...hence the very best science fiction ultimately winds up being a collaboration between author and reader, in which both create - and… — Philip K Dick Copy Share Image
Science has yet to isolate the Godiva Chocolate or Prada gene, but that doesn't mean your weakness for pricey swag isn't woven… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Early ecologists soon realised that, since humans are organisms, ecology should include the study of the relationship between humans and the rest… — Richard Heinberg Copy Share Image
Yoga is a science, and not a vague dreamy drifting or imagining. It is an applied science, a systematized collection of laws… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
With the aid of these active experimental sciences man becomes an inventor of phenomena, a real foreman of creation; and under this… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
The art and science of memory is about developing the capacity to quickly create images that link disparate ideas. Creativity is the… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
The main reason, Your Holiness, of why we are here today, is it is not the business of the church to stray… — Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Copy Share Image
I look at the human sciences as poetic sciences in which there is no objectivity, and I see film as not being… — Jean Rouch Copy Share Image
Precedents are treated by powerful minds as fetters with which to bind down the weak, as reasons with which to mistify the… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
To most people, I fancy, the stars are beautiful; but if you asked why, they would be at a loss to reply,… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“There was only one trial of Galileo, and yet it seems there were a thousand—the suppression of science by religion, the defense… — Dava Sobel Copy Share Image
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I do think that science fiction ideas are best expressed through visual media like film and TV. Realist literature depicts things that… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
Someone with a fresh mind, one not conditioned by upbringing and environment, would doubtless look at science and the powerful reductionism that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We're as clever as we think we are, but we'll be a lot cleverer when we learn to use not just one… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
We can no longer allow Americas dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security. Instead, we must invest in inventing new… — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
Some things tend not to work so well for science - things that rely on substantial written contributions by key experts are… — Aubrey de Grey Copy Share Image
Many people correctly make the point that our only hope is to turn to God. For example, Charles Lindbergh, who said that… — Marion G. Romney Copy Share Image
We affirm the neutrality of Science ... Science is of no country. ... But if Science has no country, the scientist must… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
The scientist has to take 95 per cent of his subject on trust. He has to because he can't possibly do all… — Christopher Zeeman Copy Share Image
“Unlike the laws of reality that scientist describe in complex mathematical equations, the laws that govern human behavior are imprecise and in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Future generations will probably be able to enlighten us on this very interesting subject, and then science itself—with all due respect—may reach… — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share Image
“In many species, males pay for sex. For example, among black ticked hanging flies, an amorous male will present a female with… — Steve Stewart-Williams Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm the same scientist I was back when I couldn't get a grant. Now I'm that same person thinking… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
It is impossible to repristinate a past world picture by sheer resolve, especially a mythical world picture, now that all of our… — Rudolf Bultmann Copy Share Image
“The business of scepticism is to be dangerous. Scepticism challenges established institutions. If we teach everybody, including, say, high school students, habits… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“People who are dependent are merely using alcohol as a crutch to get through the day. Yet doctors and scientists are still… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
Alternative explanations are always welcome in science, if they are better and explain more. Alternative explanations that explain nothing are not welcome...… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Houses were knocked down; streets broken through and stopped; deep pits and trenches dug in the ground; enormous heaps of earth and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Men became scientific because they expected Law in Nature, and they expected Law in Nature because they believed in a Legislator. In… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Our presence on this planet does not seem to be sustainable. Our technological civilisation makes up particularly vulnerable. There is talk all… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
The man of true genius never lives before his time, he never undertakes impossibilities, and always embarks on his enterprise at the… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
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