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title: "7 Authority Science Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Authority Science quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Authority Science sayings and thoughts."
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> [There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/there-is-a-fundamental-difference-between-religion-which-is-based-on/)

[Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/)

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> [Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-polanyi/admittedly-the-body-of-scientists-as-a-whole-does-uphold-the/)

[Michael Polanyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-polanyi/)

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> [The authority of science promotes and encourages the activity of observing, comparing, measuring and ordering the physical characteristics of human bodies. Cartesian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/the-authority-of-science-promotes-and-encourages-the-activity-of/)

[Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/)

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> [The alternative to doubt is authority, against which science had fought for centuries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gleick/the-alternative-to-doubt-is-authority-against-which-science-had/)

[James Gleick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gleick/)

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> [“When you cease to be fearful of Authority, you become Authority. Neither Baker or Wily, or any of the members of Wily's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/various/when-you-cease-to-be-fearful-of-authority-you-become-authority/)

[Various](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/various/)

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> [Authority in science exists to be questioned, since heresy is the spring from which new ideas flow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/authority-in-science-exists-to-be-questioned-since-heresy-is-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [For the educated, the authority of science rested on the strictness of its methods; for the mass, it rested on the powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-barzun/for-the-educated-the-authority-of-science-rested-on-the-strictness-of/)

[Jacques Barzun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-barzun/)

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