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> [One of the most striking and fundamental things about probability theory is that it leads to an understanding of the otherwise strange fact that events which are individually capricious and unpredictable can, when treated en masse, lead to very stable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-weaver/one-of-the-most-striking-and-fundamental-things-about-probability/)

[Warren Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-weaver/)

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## More by Warren Weaver

> [One of the most striking and fundamental things about probability theory is that it leads to an understanding of the otherwise strange fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-weaver/one-of-the-most-striking-and-fundamental-things-about-probability/)

[Warren Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-weaver/)

> [We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-weaver/we-keep-in-science-getting-a-more-and-more-sophisticated-view-of-our/)

[Warren Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-weaver/)

> [Science tries to answer the question: "How?" How do cells act in the body? How do you design an airplane that will fly faster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-weaver/science-tries-to-answer-the-question-how-how-do-cells-act-in-the-body/)

[Warren Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-weaver/)

> [Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-weaver/science-attempts-to-analyze-how-things-and-people-and-animals-behave/)

[Warren Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-weaver/)

> [Every new discovery of science is a further 'revelation' of the order which God has built into His universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-weaver/every-new-discovery-of-science-is-a-further-revelation-of-the-order/)

[Warren Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-weaver/)

> [Science is not gadgetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-weaver/science-is-not-gadgetry/)

[Warren Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-weaver/)

> [Beadle believed that genetics were inseparable from chemistry-more precisely, biochemistry. They were, he said, "two doors leading to the same room."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-weaver/beadle-believed-that-genetics-were-inseparable-from-chemistry-more/)

[Warren Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-weaver/)

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