But although in theory physicists realize that their conclusions are ... not certainly true, this ... does not really sink into their consciousness. Nearly all the time ... they ... act as if Science were indisputably True, and what's more,… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
Mr. Hillaire Belloc has pointed out that science has changed greatly, and for the worse, since it became popular. Some hundred years ago, or more, only very unusual, highly original spirits were attracted to science at all; scientific work was… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
The velocity of light occupies an extraordinary place in modern physics. It is lèse-majesté to make any criticism of the velocity of light. It… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
The really important questions in human life are hardly touched upon by psychologists. Do liars come to believe their own lies? Is pleasure the… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
If you want to understand human beings, there are plenty of people to go to besides psychologists… Most of these people are incapable of… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
Survival of the fittest led to "nature red in tooth and claw" and this is not sufficiently wishy-washy for modern scientists. — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
Scientists are convinced that they, as scientists, possess a number of very admirable human qualities, such as accuracy, observation, reasoning power, intellectual curiosity, tolerance,… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
But regular biology, as an "ology," has to be "scientific," and this means in practice that it has to be made dull… Everything has… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
A biologist, if he wishes to know how many toes a cat has, does not "frame the hypothesis that the number of feline digital… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
The dreadful cocksureness that is characteristic of scientists in bulk is not only quite foreign to the spirit of true science, it is not… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
There's many a true word spoken in jest; scientists are abominably solemn; therefore scientists miss many a true word. — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
Chemists are, on the whole, like physicists, only 'less so'.They don't make quite the same wonderful mistakes, and much what they do is an… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
The first thing to realize about physics ... is its extraordinary indirectness… For physics is not about the real world, it is about "abstractions"… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
If this "critical openminded attitude" ... is wanted, the question at once arises, Is it science that should be studied in order to achieve it? Why not study law? A judge has to do everything that a scientist is exhorted to do in the way of withholding judgment until all the facts are in, and then judging impartially on the… — Anthony Standen Copy Share
