The classification of facts and the formation of absolute judgments upon the basis of this classification-judgments independent of the idiosyncrasies of the individual mind-essentially sum up the aim and method of modern science. The scientific man has above all things… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
If I have put the case of science at all correctly, the reader will have recognised that modern science does much more than demand that it shall be left in undisturbed possession of what the theologian and metaphysician please to… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
The right to live does not connote the right of each man to reproduce his kind ... As we lessen the stringency of natural… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
I look upon statistics as the handmaid of medicine, but on that very account I hold that it befits medicine to treat her handmaid… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
“Her statistics were more than a study... For her, Quetelet was the hero as scientist, and the presentation copy of his Physique Sociale is… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
Order and reason, beauty and benevolence, are characteristics and conceptions which we find solely associated with the mind of man. — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
“The starting point of Darwin 's theory of evolution is precisely the existence of those differences between individual members of a race or species… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
The scientific method of examining facts is not peculiar to one class of phenomena and to one class of workers; it is applicable to… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
The classification of facts, the recognition of their sequence and relative significance is the function of science, and the habit of forming a judgment… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
No matter how much we enjoy following the lives of the rich and famous, we know the world is affected more deeply by quiet,… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
That which is measured improves. That which is measured and reported improves exponentially. — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
There is no shortcut to truth, no way to gain knowledge of the universe except through the gateway of the scientific method. — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
There is no short cut to truth, no way to gain a knowledge of the universe except through the gateway of scientific method. — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
