Anyone who has examined into the history of the theories of earth evolution must have been astounded to observe the manner in… — William Herbert Hobbs Copy Share Image
We must learn not to take traditional morals too seriously. And it is just because even the least dogmatic of religions tends… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
I largely defer to the cognitive ethologists. I believe that the arguments that they make on this score are extremely persuasive. More… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
[Presently, science undergraduates] do not learn to write clearly and briefly, marshalling their points in due and aesthetically satisfying order, and eliminating… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“don’t believe in the truth,” he says. “I’m a scientist. I believe in questions and the best answer we have right now.… — Elan Mastai Copy Share Image
Science, or para-science, tells us that geraniums bloom better if they are spoken to. But a kind word every now and then… — Victoria Glendinning Copy Share Image
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Kyoto protocol is not a simple environmental issue, where you can say scientists are not unanimous. This is about international relations, this… — Margot Wallstrom Copy Share Image
Now this circumscribed power, which we have scarcely examined, scarcely studied, this power to whose actions we nearly always attribute an intention… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Copy Share Image
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Evidence-based reasoning underpins all scientific thinking, and it involves testing hypotheses or theories against data. Validating a theory requires replicable measurements from… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
The study of taxonomy in its broadest sense is probably the oldest branch of biology or natural history as well as the… — Richard E. Blackwelder Copy Share Image
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He who is only a traveler learns things at second-handand by the halves, and is poorauthority. We are most interested when science… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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This long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. Economists set themselves too… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
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![“[Presently, science undergraduates] do not learn to write clearly and briefly, marshalling their points in due and aesthetically satisfying order, and eliminating inessentials. They are inept at those turns of phrase or happy analogy which throw a flying bridge across a chasm of misunderstanding…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/76e/anonymous-1_analogies_presently-science-undergraduates-do-not_2829888.jpg)
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